Among The Unknown | The Abandoned Holy Family Church/St. John Neumann School (REVISIT) Episode 63.5

Holy Family was established as a Polish parish in 1902. The parish was formed in response to the growth of Polish immigrants to the Lawrenceville area of Pittsburgh, PA.Show more

In 1900, a group of these immigrants formed a committee to explore the possibility of forming a parish. They began fund raising for a church and, in 1902, petitioned the bishop for permission to form a parish. The bishop granted his permission in October of 1902 and land for a church was purchased shortly afterwards.

Construction of a combined church and school building
began in late 1902 or early 1903. The cornerstone was laid on June 7, 1903,
and the completed building was dedicated on March 20, 1904.

As early as the late 1920's, the parish began making plans to build a new church.

However, the depression struck the country before work could begin on a church and the financial difficulties that rose out of the depression, put these plans on hold.

It was not until 1939 that the parish could proceed with their building plans. The cornerstone was laid on January 7, 1940, and the church was dedicated on October 28, 1940.

This building was torn down in 1963 to make room for a new school, convent and rectory.

In 1993, Holy Family merged with three other parishes to form the new Our Lady of the Angels parish.

At first, the Holy Family Church remained open and continued to serve the new parish. However, as time went on, it became obvious that the parish could not support three church buildings.

The parish closed the Holy Family Church on Dec. 28, 2008 with the St. John Neumann School closing in 2010.

Now in 2021, there are now plans for the location to be demolished.

Instead of making this a mini-episode (Exploring With Among The Unknown series), since I've already explored this place in 2018, I'm making this a half episode since this time, it was explored during the day and you can see a lot better.

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