William Henry King, Jr., was the architect of this pretty country church in the city, built in 1927.
The lot Mr. King had to work with was difficult. West View topography is absurd even by Pittsburgh standards. Here Center Avenue, which meanders all over the borough—it originally carried streetcar tracks, so in many spots it is unexpectedly wide where the streetcars ran in a median—runs in a sort of ravine under Ridgewood Avenue, which crosses it on an overpass. The architect turned the difficulties into advantages; he made the most picturesque use of the setting, and he gave the church entrances on multiple levels. The extra width allows for angle parking on both sides of Center Avenue.
The tower is a streamlined adaptation of the style of English country Gothic parish churches.
They teach punning in seminaries. If you have the humility to put up with it, you are qualified for the clergy.
At the special request of one particular reader, old Pa Pitt is collecting elaborate metal hinges.
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