St Benedict the Moor Catholic Church overlooking downtown Pittsburgh. PENNSYLVANIA---The development of houses of worship is the single most telling artistic marker for community history, and today I am taking a tour of downtown Pittsburgh in advance of the annual conference for Americans for the Arts. The conference begins on Friday, so today I am exploring this city founded in 1787, by using historic churches as my road-map. Downtown Pittsburgh is tight and compact, with quite a few skyscrapers and six historic churches. We are staying in the Cultural District, a 14-block area of downtown along the Allegheny River. It is packed with theaters and arts venues, but I'm just as excited to know that 60.57% of the people in Pittsburgh, PA are religious, meaning they affiliate with a religion: 38.44% are Catholic; 0.40% are LDS; 3.97% are another Christian faith; 1.37% in Pittsburgh, PA are Jewish; 0.83% are an eastern faith; 0.48% affilitates with Islam. [link]Today, there are six remaining historic churches in the downtown area of Pittsburgh:St. Mary of Mercy Roman Catholic Church (1936), Architect: William P. Hutchins; First Presbyterian Church (1903-05), Architect: Theophilus P. Chandler; Trinity Cathedral (1870-71), Architect: Gordon Lloyd;Smithfield United Church (1925-26), Architect: Henry Hornbostel;First Lutheran Church (1887-88), Architect: Andrew Peebles; Church of the Epiphany (Roman Catholic) 1902, Architect: Edward Stotz. Thanks to Americans for the Arts (and my own Arts Council), I am thrilled to be spending this time in Pittsbugh. Source:http://alphaomegaarts.blogspot.com/2013/06/pittsburghs-downtown-churches-todays.html
Pittsburgh's Downtown Churches: Today's Walking Tour Images
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