Father Pitt

Why should the beautiful die?


Second Italian United Presbyterian Church, Brushton

Second Italian United Presbyterian Church

This little church was designed by the Hunting-Davis Company, a firm usually associated with warehouses and industrial buildings, for an Italian mission of the United Presbyterian Church.1 It is kept standing as a community center.

Front of the Promise Center
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  1. The Construction Record, February 14, 1914: “Architects Hunting-Davis Company, Century building, have preliminary plans in progress for a one-story brick and concrete Italian mission, to be erected on Hamilton avenue, near Hale street, for the Brushton Italian Mission. Cost $12,000.” ↩︎


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