Father Pitt

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Good Shepherd Church, Braddock

Good Shepherd Church

Another of the seven closing churches in the inner eastern suburbs. The dominant feature of this one, built as St. Michael’s in 1929–1930, is the huge octagonal lantern.

Addendum: The architect was Carlton Strong, according to Van Trump & Ziegler’s Landmark Architecture of Allegheny County (1967), p. 163.

Good Shepherd Church
Good Shepherd Church
Good Shepherd Church
Belfry
Side entrance
Windows
The same windows from the inside
Window
Window
Window
Entrance
Interior

The interior of the church is much more auditorium-like than most Catholic churches of its era, probably because a square lot forced it to make that adaptation.

Interior looking toward altar
Chancel
Chancel
Chancel
Interior
Interior
Choir loft
Baptistery
Stained-glass windows
Stained-glass windows
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2 responses to “Good Shepherd Church, Braddock”

  1. Jan Kurth

    Do you have any photos of the previous St. Michael’s Slavonic Catholic Church which was on this site?

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    1. Father Pitt

      A good place to start looking would be Historic Pittsburgh. Many congregations have donated their records there. Another place to look, if you can visit in person, would be the archives of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, where every parish has a file that includes its anniversary books and other such documents.

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