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The cathedral was constructed from 1913 to 1919. The cathedral's initial design was by the Boston architecture firm of Ralph Adams Cram.The planning of the cathedral began under the direction of William Fredrick Pendleton, the bishop of the church, and John Pitcairn Jr., president of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company (now PPG Industries), who was the major benefactor donating the property and ...
The Bryn Athyn Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing an important collection of Arts and Crafts movement architecture in Bryn Athyn, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Designated in 2008, [ 2 ] it includes three residential properties associated with the Pitcairn family who supported the movement, as well as Bryn ...
Bryn Athyn is a home rule municipality in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was formerly a borough, and its official name remains "Borough of Bryn Athyn". The population was 1,375 at the 2010 census. It was formed for religious reasons from Moreland Township on February 8, 1916. Bryn Athyn is surrounded by Lower Moreland Township. [3]
After visiting the area, wealthy church member, John Pitcairn, Jr bought the first plots of land, then known as Knights Farm. This area is now the site of Bryn Athyn Cathedral, Cairnwood, Cairncrest, and Glencairn (the latter three all Pitcairn family estates). It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [1]
The family moved from Philadelphia to their newly built home, Cairnwood, in Huntingdon Valley in 1895. [1] Pitcairn spent his early school years in the Bryn Athyn parish schools of the General Church of the New Jerusalem, which follows the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg. He received his high school diploma from the Academy of the New Church ...
Bryn Athyn (Philadelphia area) Bryn Athyn Cathedral ( General Church of the New Jerusalem ) 40°08′09″N 75°04′09″W / 40.135947°N 75.069226°W / 40.135947; -75.069226 ( Bryn Athyn Cathedral
Bethayres in the township, with Huntingdon Valley Presbyterian Church in the background Location of Lower Moreland Township in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania Coordinates: 40°07′00″N 75°02′59″W / 40.11667°N 75.04972°W / 40.11667; -75
Huntingdon Valley is a village, as well as a suburban mailing address located in Lower Moreland Township, Upper Moreland Township and Abington Township all in Montgomery County, and in small sections of Upper Southampton Township and Lower Southampton Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States, bordering the Fox Chase, Bustleton, and Somerton sections of Philadelphia.