Dedicated in 1873, this church for an Irish parish was designed by James Sylvester Devlin, about whom old Pa Pitt knows only that he designed this church. It has closed as a parish, and when Pittsburgh Catholics leave a church they take everything distinctive and valuable with them, so that, for example, all the stained glass is gone. But the building is still in good shape.
A good summary of the history of the church is in James Wudarczyk’s Faith of Our Fathers: Religion in Lawrenceville.
Clear glass reveals that there is still at least part of an organ in the building.
For hardware connoisseurs, a door pull on one of the side entrances.
The altar end of the church.
Behind the church is the Lyceum, built in 1914.
Leave a Reply