St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

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St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States, was an early example of the archaeological phase of Gothic Revival architecture, designed by the Philadelphia architect John Notman. It was originally built in 1851 at the corner of Grant and Diamond as an overflow church or "chapel of ease" for Trinity Episcopal. The church and its site were purchased by Henry Clay Frick. The building itself was donated back to the congregation. It was dismantled, the stones numbered, and taken up Forbes Avenue in horsedrawn wagons to the corner of Forbes and Craft, where it was reconstructed in 1901. The church was deconsecrated in September 1989, and the building was demolished.[1]

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  1. ^ A Brief History of OSL’s Buildings
  • James D. Trump, American Building Series No. 1 St. Peter's, Pittsburgh, by John Notman, The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol. 15, pp. 19-23 (May, 1956)
  • Historic American Buildings Survey