First Presbyterian Church Of The Covenant (Erie, Pennsylvania)
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First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant is a
Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a historically Reformed Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders, known as "presbyters". Though other Reformed churches are structurally similar, the word ''Pr ...
church in
Erie, Pennsylvania Erie is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, fifth-most populous city in Pennsylvania and the most populous in Northwestern Pen ...
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History

The church was founded in February 1929 when two Presbyterian churches in Erie, PA, Park and Central Presbyterian Churches, merged. The merger was approved by the Presbytery of Lake Erie on February 8, 1929 and construction was begun on a new church building along West Sixth Street in downtown Erie. The cornerstone was laid on June 16, 1929 and the new church building was dedicated on Sunday, December 14, 1930.


Art and architecture

The Church was designed in a
Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...
style by the architecture firm of Corbusier and Foster in
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. The base of the exterior walls of the church, as well as the trim are
limestone Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...
. The floor tiles were designed and made by Henry Chapman Mercer of the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works in
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. The church and adjacent school building have
stained glass Stained glass refers to coloured glass as a material or art and architectural works created from it. Although it is traditionally made in flat panels and used as windows, the creations of modern stained glass artists also include three-dimensio ...
windows by Connick Studios of Boston, D'Ascenzo Studios of Philadelphia, and Tiffany Studios of New York. The church's organ was built by Skinner Organ Company.''Fifty and Forward, The Church of the Covenant United Presbyterian, 1930-1980.''


References

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