Clayton Holiday Tours Ticket Update
Ticket availability is limited for Home for the Holidays at Clayton tours. Current best availability is for tours between December 31 – January 4. View available tickets here. Tickets remain available for The Scandinavian Home: Landscape and Lore.
2025 Holiday Closures

We look forward to welcoming you throughout the holiday season! Please note that The Frick Pittsburgh will be closed on December 24, December 25, and January 1. Plan your visit here.

The Playhouse

Designed by the architectural firm Alden & Harlow in 1897, the Playhouse was a center of activity for the Frick children when the Fricks lived at Clayton. Family photographs show many children gathered here for parties and events. Original amenities included furniture built to the smaller scale of the rooms, a bowling alley and a darkroom for Childs Frick’s pursuit of photography.

Today, staff offices are housed in the Playhouse, and it is not accessible to visitors. 

Archival Images of the Frick Children's Playhouse

A view of the Playhouse from the orchard
A view of the Playhouse from the orchard
Archival view of the Playhouse
Archival view of the Playhouse
Clayton Cadets
Clayton Cadets
Interior view of the Playhouse
Interior view of the Playhouse
The bowling alley at the Playhouse
The bowling alley at the Playhouse

Photos courtesy The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives