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My brother and I were born in a small suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We lived for a while in an apartment building that my grandmother owned. Our father remained a member of the Syrian Orthodox church in town, along with our grandmother and most of his family members. We knew that the church they attended was the second church serving that religious community. Our grandfather had helped to establish the first church. We knew that that church was located on the same street as the apartment building, he had built.
We read all the historical information we could find. The church’s own history included the fact that our grandfather had helped establish the original church, but it didn’t include the location.
During our recent trip to Pittsburgh, we visited the Bridgeville Area Historical Society in search of answers. I can’t say enough about how helpful the woman at the BAHS was in gathering information for us to review. She let us make copies of photos of family members—photos we had never seen. We found the answer! While the building itself was gone, we accurately identified the location where the original church had been. They had converted a blacksmith’s shop to serve as a church and as a residence.
We live in a time when vast amounts of information exist on devices which we carry in our pockets. It is remarkable that an answer about a project that was completed over 100 years ago, was found in a manila folder in a quaint little office inside an old train caboose.
The gallery includes some of the information we found, some photos from inside the Historical Society and photos from the opposite side of Railroad Street, where the Historical Society is located (inside the historic train station).
I hope you enjoy the gallery, and I hope you have time to follow the links from the other participants.
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