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February 1884
- The cornerstone was laid by bishop John Tuigg in September 1882 and the current Brick Gothic church was completed and dedicated in February 1884.
History of our church. This year we will celebrate the 133th anniversary of the present church building being present on its current site. However, the parish of West End was originally formed in 1834 out of the much older Parish of South Stoneham.
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St. James Church is a historic Roman Catholic church in the West End neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded as a parish of the Diocese of Pittsburgh in 1853, the current Brick Gothic church was built in 1884, and served as a parish church for 120 years until its closure in 2004.
- 326 S. Main Street, Pittsburgh, PA
- Catholic
Land was purchased for a church, construction began on the building and a resident pastor was assigned to the parish that year. Although the building was not completed, the first Mass in the new church was celebrated on Christmas Day, 1853. The completed church was dedicated on June 11, 1854.
The church of St James, built in 1838 at the top of Church Hill in the south of the parish, was replaced in 1890 after a bad report from the Bishop on the state of the Church and an act of God when the spire was struck by lightning.
The church was founded on 18 April 1836 with the first church building being completed in 1838. It was constructed on top of a hill, made of brick with lead ridging, iron and lead gutters, rainwater pipes and two iron chimneys.
- 18 April 1836
- Arthur Blomfield
- Grade II listed
- Church of England
Church of St James SU 41 SE 6/166 II 2. 1890 by Sir Arthur Blomfield, replacing church built in 1838. Church in Gothic style of the 15th century, designed to include a (western?) tower which has not been built. Chancel with south chapel (apsidal east end) and north vestries.
England, Europe. The West End. The only church (1684) Christopher Wren built from scratch and one of a handful established on a new site (most of the other London churches are replacements for those destroyed in the Great Fire), this simple building substitutes what some might call the pompous flourishes of Wren’s most famous churches with a ...
