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Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd

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1891, William Halsey Wood. 2nd and Johnston aves.
  • Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd (HABS/Traub)

This church is a masterful demonstration of the power of a medieval idiom freely interpreted. The high Episcopal faithful who first met on this site in 1870 were probably summer residents of Hazelwood in its bucolic preindustrial days. By the time the existing church was replaced with this structure, Hazelwood was in the throes of industrialization. Nonetheless, the site itself remains verdant, and, in conjunction with Wood's choice of varied and highly textured materials—stone, brick, and shingles—and its louvered tower, the church beautifully captures the rustic feel that the congregation must have requested. William Halsey Wood (1855–1897) crafts almost nothing specifically medieval here, yet it is tangible in the tradition of the free interpretations by such British designers as William Morris or Philip Webb.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Lu Donnelly et al.
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Timeline

  • 1891

    Built

What's Nearby

John Woods House
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Citation

Lu Donnelly et al., "Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd", [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-01-AL51.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of PA vol 1

Buildings of Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania, Lu Donnelly, H. David Brumble IV, and Franklin Toker. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2010, 79-79.

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