![]() ![]() The parish continued to grow, and completed a new school in September 1916. The cornerstone was laid by bishop John Tuigg in September 1882 and the current Brick Gothic church was completed and dedicated in February 1884. New Complex & Renaissance (1884-1954) īy 1880, the original church building had been outgrown, and construction of a new building began that year. The congregation opened a school, staffed by Sisters of Charity in the basement of the church in 1870, and a rectory was added in 1871. Men of the congregation solicited donations to begin construction, and the first Mass in the unfinished church was celebrated on Christmas of 1853, and the first building was fully completed and placed under the patronage of St. By spring 1853, the population had grown such that a parish had to be founded, with territory taken from the two neighboring parishes. Phillip's Church in Crafton (then a part of Upper St. Prior to the founding of the parish, the Catholics residing in the Saw Mill Run valley (what became the West End Village, then known as Temperanceville) had to either cross the Ohio River to attend Mass at Saint Paul Cathedral or St. ![]() ![]() It subsequently housed an art gallery for ten years, before it was acquired and reopened by the Society of Saint Pius X in August 2014. Erected as a parish of the Diocese of Pittsburgh in 1853, the current Brick Gothic church was built in 1884, and served as a church for 120 years until its closure in 2004. James Church is a historic Roman Catholic church in the West End neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ![]()
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