Father Pitt

Tag: Hodgens (H. Childs)

  • Squirrel Hill Methodist Protestant Church, Greenfield

    Squirrel Hill Methodist Protestant Church

    H. Childs Hodgens was the architect of this church, which was built in 1911.1 It has not been M. P. for a good while; currently it is shared by the House of Prayer for All Slavic Christian Church and the Congregation Yeshua Ben David.

    Entrance
    Stained glass
    Beechwood Boulevard face
    Lilac Street face
    Squirrel Hill M. P. Church
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    1. Source: The Construction Record, September 30, 1911: “Foundations are in for the $15,000 brick and stone church, to be erected on William Pitt Boulevard and Lilac street, Squirrel Hill, for the Squirrel Hill Methodist Protestant Congregation, from plans drawn by Architect H. C. Hodgens, Vandergrift building.” William Pitt Boulevard is now Beechwood Boulevard. ↩︎