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Church of the Epiphany (Pittsburgh)

church in Pittsburgh, US

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ5117842 ↗
Source-derived summary

Church of the Epiphany is a church located at Washington Place and Centre Avenue in the Hill District neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was built in 1902. The church was added to the List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks in 1998. It is situated next to PPG Paints Arena.

Editorial summary

“Church of the Epiphany (Pittsburgh)” enters the record as church in Pittsburgh, US. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Church, Epiphany and Pittsburgh can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1902, 1998—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Church, Epiphany and Pittsburgh.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Church of the Epiphany (Pittsburgh)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Church, Epiphany and Pittsburgh provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5117842. Authority coordinates are 40.440, -79.991. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1902 and 1998.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Church of the Epiphany (Pittsburgh)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Church of the Epiphany (Pittsburgh) primary sources, Church of the Epiphany (Pittsburgh) archive and Church research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Church of the Epiphany (Pittsburgh)”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Church of the Epiphany (Pittsburgh)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.