Father Pitt

Category: Robinson Township

  • Montours Church, Robinson Township

    Montours Presbyterian Church

    The current building is only a century old, but the congregation of Montours Church—also spelled Montour’s or Montour, depending on where you look—was founded in 1778, and the adjoining cemetery is full of Revolutionary War veterans.

    Date stone: “Montours Presb. Church, 1778–1832–1924”
    Montours Presbyterian Church
    Montours Church
    Chapel

    A modern chapel built in 1978 is as tall as it is long, with a striking window at the far end.

    Interior of the chapel
    Window from the outside
    Montours Cemetery, chapel, and church
    Cemetery, chapel, church
    A bell cast in 1888

    A bell cast in Cincinnati in 1888 sits beside the church; it probably came from the older building that the 1924 church replaced.

    Van Duzen & Tift, Cincinnati

    “Van Duzen & Tift Cincinnati.”

    Buckeye Bell Foundry, 1888
    1888
    Kodak EasyShare Z1285; Canon PowerShot SX150 IS; Samsung Galaxy A15 5G with Open Camera.

    “Buckeye Bell Foundry 1888.”

  • Union Church, Robinson Township

    Union Church and Cemetery

    Father Pitt thinks this is the most picturesquely sited church in Allegheny County. On a day of rapidly changing lighting, he captured it in multiple moods.

    The cemetery is stuffed with Revolutionary War veterans, and several of them will be appearing over at Pittsburgh Cemeteries.

    Union Church in sunlight with dark clouds
    Union Church
    Tower
    Union Church
    Union Church
    Union Church and Cemetery
    Union Church in an HDR photo
    Side of the church
    Union Church in sun with blue sky
    Kodak EasyShare Z1285; Kodak EasyShare Z981; Canon PowerShot SX150 IS.

  • Union Church, Robinson Township

    Formerly Union Presbyterian Church, this congregation has been here more than two centuries. In the adjacent burying ground are several Revolutionary War veterans, and the hilltop church with the cemetery below is irresistibly picturesque.

    Old Pa Pitt, however, could not get a good picture of the church today, because he was there in the afternoon when the sun was shining in the wrong direction. So instead he gives you the next best thing, which is an atmospheric picture. You can always compensate for a picture’s defects by turning it black and white and calling it art.

    Camera: Canon PowerShot A590 IS (hacked).