Point State Park, the location of Fort Pitt, is probably the most well-known of Mr. Stotz's historic restorations because it, with its impressive fountain, has become the visual symbol for Pittsburgh. Located at the convergence of the Monongahela, Allegheny and Ohio Rivers, this 36 acre "golden triangle" of land had become an industrial brownfield site. After a study commissioned in 1945, four decades of thought and work went into the reclamation and creation of the park. Mr. Stotz, working with  landscape architect Ralph Griswold, developed a park design that focused on interpreting the Point's colonial history. They developed an innovative masterpiece that celebrated Pittsburgh's beginnings by creating an open space in the center of a great industrial city. Though the park did not officially open until 1974, it was established as a National Historic Landmark in 1960.

Mr. Stotz books include:

THE EARLY ARCHITECTURE OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
A survey by Charles Stotz and other members of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Institute of Architects covered architecture in twenty-six western Pennsylvania counties to 1860. This book, based on that survey, was originally published in 1936 and re-issued in 1995 by Pittsburgh University Press.

DRUMS IN THE FOREST, Decision at the Forks, Defense in the Wilderness
by Alfred Proctor James and Charles Morse Stotz
Originally published to commemorate the bicentennial of Pittsburgh's founding, Drums in the Forest is now reissued to mark the 250th anniversary of the French and Indian War.
University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005

POINT OF EMPIRE; Conflict at the forks of the Ohio: An Epic Struggle of the 1700s
by Charles Morse Stotz and the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, 1970 (now out of print)
This book is a concise history of Pittsburgh's first half-century, a guide to the exhibits in the Fort Pitt Museum and a record of the inception and development of Point State Park.

OUTPOSTS OF THE WAR FOR EMPIRE
by Charles Morse Stotz
The French and English in Western Pennsylvania: their armies, their forts, their people, 1749-1764
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania: Distributed by University of Pittsburgh Press, 1985
This book is being reissued in hardcover format, reproducing the original 1985 edition, to mark the 250th anniversary of the War for Empire, perhaps better known as the French and Indian War.
University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005

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