Author Archives: Tim Engleman

About Tim Engleman

I am a semi-retired mechanical engineer with an interest in church architecture.

A New Chapel for Shadyside Church?

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Tim Engleman

Two renderings in the Carnegie Mellon Architecture Archives, attributed to Pittsburgh architect James T. Steen, raise more questions than they settle about Shadyside Church. Even the date of their production is uncertain (between 1914 and the mid 1930s – likely … Continue reading →

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The Cross at Shadyside

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Tim Engleman

The Cross is the most widely recognized symbol of Christianity. And, while the Gospels and the Epistles speak of its overarching significance to the earliest believers, the Cross was not always openly displayed. By the third century, Christians made the … Continue reading →

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I Wish I Could Have Seen It

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Tim Engleman

Shadyside Sanctuary 1890 facing east A new friend, after seeing my book Evidence of Things Not Seen about the church’s architecture and Christian symbolism, remarked, “I wish I had been able to see Shadyside Church’s sanctuary before the 1938 remodeling.” … Continue reading →

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Roof Over Our Heads

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Tim Engleman

The buildings of Shadyside Presbyterian Church represent a wide variety of shapes, sizes and proportions. Each was designed to suit the intended (and foreseen) purposes of the spaces enclosed. Richardsonian Romanesque style readily accommodates functional design with volumes and masses … Continue reading →