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Photographer: Mike Wintermantel
Taken: June 20, 2015
Caption: St. Nicholas Church Marker Photo insets
Additional Description: (top right photo)
At the rear left of the church was the Chapel of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows, which was built in the mid-1940s by the Confraternity of Christian Mothers in honor of the parish's golden anniversary and as a memorial to parishioners who died in World War II.

(middle left photo)
Several different types of Italian marble were used in the church's three liturgical altars, altar railings, sanctuary walls, wainscoting, baptismal font, and pulpit. The marble furnishings were installed in 1944 for the parish's golden anniversary as gifts from the congregation.

(bottom left photo)
Statue of the parish's patron St. Nicholas, which was located above the main altar and was among the 15 religious statues donated by parishioners.

(bottom right photo)
Children of St. Nicholas Parish in traditional Croatian dress, 2002.

(footnotes)
In 1976, St. Nicholas Church, North Side was named a historic landmark by the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation.
In 1996, St. Nicholas Church, North Side was determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. In 2001, St. Nicholas Church, North Side was designated as a Historic Structure by the City of Pittsburgh.
Submitted: June 20, 2015, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p312011
File Size: 2.579 Megabytes

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