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Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church, Dormont

Bethany Lutheran

Built in 1924, this church seems typical of the slightly modernist Gothic of the period: the pointed arches and the stonework are still there, but the details are spare, and the forms are relatively simple.

Cornerstone

Addendum: The architect was O. M. Topp,1 the favorite of Lutherans for a generation.

Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church
Entrance
Side
  1. Source: The American Contractor, December 30, 1922, p. 43: “DORMONT, PA. Church: $35.000. 1 sty. & bal. 45×90. W. Liberty, nr. Dormont av. Archt. O. M. Topp. Jenkins Arcade. Owner Evang. Luth, Congr., Rev. L. O. Burry, 3091 Texas av. Stone or brk. Drawing prelim. plans.” ↩︎

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