The Calvary Episcopal Parish was organized in 1855. It was incorporated and a charter was granted in 1859. The first building housing the church was a brick structure used jointly by St. Peter's German Lutheran Church and St. John's Evangelical Protestant Church a short distance north of Penn Avenue, between what is now Sheridan and Collins Avenues. In 1904, a lot at Walnut and Shady was purchased from George Washington Hailman and a year later in 1905, Messrs. Cram, Godhue and Ferguson of Boston were engaged as architects. Howard Hager Co. of Pittsburgh was awarded the building contract. The new edifice was completed and the first service was held in 1906. Missions of Calvary were: 1879 - St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Wilkinsburg; 1885 - St. James' Episcopal Church of Homewood, now in Penn Hills; 1887 - Church of the Ascension; 1924 - St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Mount Lebanon; 1931 - Fox Chapel Episcopal Church.
The records of the Calvary Episcopal Church include two series. Series I contains Baptisms, 1986-1992; Canonical Register of Baptized Persons, 1946-1992; and Canonical Register of Baptisms, 1946-1986. Series II includes Communicant record, Nov. 1964-May 1982; Canonical Register of Marriages, 1968-July 18, 1992; and Canonical Register of Burials, Jan. 1968-Sept. 1992, Dec. 1991.
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These records were a gift of Calvary Episcopal Church, 315 Shady Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15206 in 1992.
This has been microfilmed by the Archives Service Center and the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society from originals in the possession of Calvary Episcopal Church, 315 Shady Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15206.
Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. Records, 1946-1992, AIS.1992.06, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. Records, 1946-1992, AIS.1992.06, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, Pa., Records, ais 92:6, Archives of Industrial Society, University Library System, University of Pittsburgh.
This collection was processed by ASC Staff in 1992. Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Dan Horvath in October, 2003. Information about the collection title and the controlled access terms was extracted from the MARC record in the University of Pittsburgh catalog Voyager ID number: 1418097
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