St. Peter's Rectory

St. Peter's Rectory, McKeesport, PA., side view from 7th Ave. Later, it became the St. Martin de Porres Parish Center. My first C.C.D. (Confraternity of Christian Doctrine or more simply, "Sunday School") classes were held in here. At one time it housed up to three or four priests.

 

The rectory was designed by the Rev. Michael McInerney, O.S.B of Belmont Benedictine Abbey, North Carolina. Fr McInerney was originally from St. Peter's Parish. Construction began in September 1919 and finished in February, 1921.

 

-Source, the "Centennial Jubilee, Saint Peter's Parish" (1846 - 1946)

 

Some other buildings by Michael McInerney, OSB

* St. Benedict Church, Baltimore, MD (www.saintbenedict.org/About/History.htm)

* Sacred Heart Church, Savannah, GA (diosav.org/sites/all/files/archives/S8504p03.pdf)

* St. Benedict Church, Richmond, VA (www.saintbenedictparish.org/church/grand_design.php) [which by chance has the the Father William Nolte Knights of Columbus Council, #11533. A beloved priest that I personally knew who spent his last days in Richmond, VA!]

 

Update 8/10/2014: This building is up for sale for just $135K. Again, as they say though, "locaation, location, location".

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