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Sun 1/31 – FREE Lecture on the History of Albright

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Justin Greenawalt from East Liberty Valley Historical Society will give a lecture on the history of the Albright United Methodist Church Building on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at the East End Cooperative Ministries Community House.
Please use Entrance A on Station Street.

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Fri 12/4 Lecture About Buildings That Have Been Demolished in the East End

albright-ELVH-Dec-lectureThis Friday, December 4, 2015, the East Liberty Valley Historical Society is holding a lecture titled “In Plain Sight: Fragments of a Vanished East End” which will look at some of the buildings that have been demolished in the East End including Col. James M. Guffey Houses, the Croghan-Schenley Estate, the Buick Motor Car Company, the Thomas Atterbury House, and others.

The Croghan-Schneley Estate (Stanton Heights)

Albright-Croghan-estateThis was located in Stanton Heights. You can read more about the golf course that was located here from this 2009 Post-Gazette article. The blog Old Pittsburgh Maps has an extensive post on this property here which includes some of the blue prints of the house here.

You can view many more photos from this building via the Library of Congress here.

Lecture: In Plain Sight: Fragments of a Vanished East End
Friday, December 4, 2015
7:30pm
East Liberty Presbyterian Church
Hosted by East Liberty Valley Historical Society
Free, you can RSVP on the Historic Preservation MeetUp page here.

Follow the East Liberty Valley Historical Society on Facebook here. The East Liberty Valley Historical Society featured Albright in their September newsletter here.

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Friday Sept. 4 – East Liberty Valley Historical Society Hosts Lecture on Methodism in East End

ELVHS-Sept4The East Liberty Valley Historical Society has an exciting line up of lectures this fall. The first lecture is Friday, September 4th at 7:30 at East Liberty Presbyterian Church – David Grinnell, an archivist from the University of Pittsburgh Library system will speak on:

Methodism in Pittsburgh’s East End Neighborhoods: A 180 Year Historical Perspective.  Themes include abolitionism, women’s suffrage and class. 

Free to the public! All talks start promptly at 7:30PM.
116 S. Highland Avenue, Room 234, East Liberty Presbyterian Church.

You can learn more about this history of the East End neighborhoods on the East Liberty Valley Historical Society Facebook page here.