Father Pitt

Tag: Spring Garden Avenue

  • Spring Garden School

    Entrance to the Spring Garden School

    An Art Deco school with no sharp corners. Everything is rounded, and stop for a moment to think what talented bricklayers we had in those days. The school was built beginning in 1938 and opened at the end of 1939. Marion Steen was the supervising architect for the Board of Public Education, so the design was probably his, although Steen hired Edward Weber to design some of the schools built in the same period. The bidding was handled through the Board, so the architect is not mentioned in the usual advertisements.

    Perspective view
    Perspective view
    Spring Garden School
    Entrance

    The school is still in use by the city school system, now as the Spring Garden Early Childhood Center.

    Fence and auditorium

    The original iron fence still surrounds the property.

    Auditorium

    The shallow metal awning over the auditorium is decorated with a very Deco wave pattern. It gives the auditorium the proper theatrical atmosphere.

    Front elevation of auditorium
    Auditorium entrance
    Gate

    Matching brick gateposts are topped with stone caps that bear the same Deco wave ornament.

    Gatepost with wave ornament
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  • St. Michael & All Angels Lutheran Church, Spring Garden

    St. Michael and All Angels Lutheran Church
    St. Michael and All Angels Lutheran Church

    A well-kept little frame church covered in fake stone. It began as a mission church, according to old maps, and then became a full parish as Grace Evangelical Lutheran.

    Front elevation of the church

    Although old Pa Pitt is not very fond of the fake stone blocks, they have preserved the little church and given it a tidy exterior that is better than the aluminum siding they probably replaced.

    Parish house with church behind it

    The parish house predates the church; there was a frame house here in 1872, which is the earliest plat map we could find. The church itself was probably built around 1900.

    St. Michael and All Angels Lutheran Church
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