From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette-
Calvary Episcopal Church in Shadyside is being considered for the National Register of Historic Places.
The board of the state historic preservation office will consider on Tuesday whether to recommend the late Gothic Revival-style cathedral built in 1907 for the register. Its recommendation then would be considered by the National Park Service, which oversees the register. A final decision could be made as early as spring, said Carol Lee, the state's national historic preservation officer.
Architect David Vater spent the past two years researching, writing, photographing and indexing an extensive bibliography in nominating the site at 315 Shady Ave.
"It was to me an honor to be involved," said Mr. Vater, whose nomination of Chatham Village in Mount Washington earned it national status in 1998.
Calvary Episcopal Church was built from limestone blocks.
"Those stones were brought in on train cars and horses and wagons and were hand-chiseled," Mr. Vater said during a recent tour of the site. Staring up at the 20-story spire, he said the building's architect, Ralph Adams Cram, "is considered one of the great master architects and a leader in late Gothic Revival design."
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