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Neville Island Presbyterian Church

Neville Island Presbyterian Church

This article has been rewritten from its original version, which said that Father Pitt knew nothing about the church. After that, information trickled in.

This church was built in 1916 or so; the architect was Chauncey W. Hodgdon.1 The congregation informed the Presbytery that it would close the church in 2022, according to a Pittsburgh Presbytery newsletter [PDF], but the grounds are still mowed and the building is in good shape. Its most prominent feature is its tower with eye-catchingly prickly battlements.

Neville Island Presbyterian Church
Oblique view of the front of the church
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  1. Source: American Contractor, March 11, 1916, p. 53. “Church: $20,000. 1 sty. & bas. 60×80. Neville Island. Archt. Chauncey Hodgdon, Penn building. Owner Neville Island Presby. Church, Dr. Wm. P. Shrom Thorn, Run rd. Plans in progress. Will take bids soon. Brk. veneer on hollow tile.” ↩︎

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One response to “Neville Island Presbyterian Church”

  1. von Hindenburg

    Every site referencing them as open is undated and their last Youtube post was 4 years ago.

    I don’t think people realize just how many of the steeples that dot Pittsburgh’s skyline have nobody beneath them anymore. Reading I recently read Lord of the Rings for the first time since I was a boy and was struck by Tolkien’s imagery of decay and collapse of former greatness. How much more would he feel that today when the actual physical structure of churches is starting to follow the institutions that maintained them?

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