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Why should the beautiful die?

First Presbyterian Church of Edgewood

First Presbyterian Church of Edgewood

This is a church whose story would be worth going into in some detail, and old Pa Pitt hasn’t done that yet. It was built in 1918; the architect was Thomas Hannah, but at some point Cram & Ferguson—Cram being Ralph Adams Cram—were brought in as well, and it would be interesting to know how much was Hannah’s work and how much was Cram’s. Perhaps someone from the church knows more and could enlighten us.

We intend to get back to take some better pictures soon, but Father Pitt has been hoarding these pictures for months now and decided it was time to release them into the wild.

Entrance
Like and John

The Evangelists Luke (traditionally represented by an ox) and John (an eagle).

Side of the church
Tower
Lantern
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One response to “First Presbyterian Church of Edgewood”

  1. von Hindenburg

    That’s an interesting one! The sunken arch (extruded pediment? I’m not sure what the correct term is there.) brings Peterborough to mind, but the gable roofs on the towers give it an overall Romanesque feel until you look at the details. Was there an original plan for proper spires?

    Looks like they’re definitely denigrating the grand central entrance, in the Presbyterian fashion.

    Can’t wait to hear more about it.

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