Image: EmmanuelEpiscopalPittsburgh

Description: Richardson designed this church with simple elemental forms - including what amounts to a round apse the full width of the building. Locally it is known as the "bakeoven church" because of this shape. The simplicity was somewhat imposed by the congregation on Richardson - his first design, a lantern church, was beyond their budget. That design was later reworked for the rather ugly Immanuel Episcopal Baptist Church in Newton, MA. It was further reworked by Richardson's successor firm - Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge - into the rather beautiful Shadyside Presbyterian Church, several miles to the southeast of this building.
Title: EmmanuelEpiscopalPittsburgh
Credit: emmanuel episcopal bake oven end Uploaded by Crazypaco
Author: Tim Engleman from Saxonburg, PA
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0
License: CC BY-SA 2.0
License Link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Attribution Required?: Yes