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St. Michael's (Russian) Orthodox Church
1915, Davey and Crowther. 305 Walnut St., Jermyn, 5.6 miles north of Olyphant
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(William E. Fischer Jr.) -
(William E. Fischer Jr.) -
(William E. Fischer Jr.) -
(William E. Fischer Jr.)
Carpathian immigrants to the Northern Anthracite Field brought their traditions about church architecture with them and, as a result, the mid-valley boasts several superb examples of churches designed to replicate, to one degree or another, the Lemk churches of what is now western Ukraine. At St. Michael's, the
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George E. Thomas, "St. Michael's (Russian) Orthodox Church", [Jermyn, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-02-LK40.
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Buildings of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, George E. Thomas, with Patricia Likos Ricci, Richard J. Webster, Lawrence M. Newman, Robert Janosov, and Bruce Thomas. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, 491-492.
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