WPXI Story About Monongahela African American Soldiers Who Served In The Civil War

Several folks asked how can view the story WPXI produced about the Ravioli sale sponsored by the Monongahela Main Street Program and Bethel AME church. Proceeds will pay for a historical marker to honor African American soldiers from Monongahela who fought for the United States in the civil war. What makes story unique is that...

Monongahela Chess Park Greeting Cards Now Available

Chess Park greeting cards are now available! Each card is 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" with a winter scene of Chess Park in Monongahela Pennsylvania on the front. The reverse includes a short history of Chess Park and the two churches in the background. The interior of the card is blank so it can serve...

Photo Mystery Solved – It’s St. Anthony Church’s Cupola!

In an earlier post I was baffled as to what this thing was: Here is a closeup: Thanks to Beverly Lytle for identifying it as the cupola of the original St. Anthony church building. The photograph was taken along Park Avenue. What helped us reach that conclusion is the road going up river hill and the...

Transfiguration Church, Monongahela PA, Diamond Jubilee Publication 1940 Freely Available Online

Yesterday's post, Transfiguration Church Through The Years, with 282 views in 24 hours was a pretty popular one. Nothing in that post would have been possible without coming across a physical copy of the Diamond Jubilee publication. It got me thinking, how would I have been able to write such a detailed post about the...

Transfiguration Church Through The Years

Anybody living in the Monongahela area is familiar with the beautiful Transfiguration church (now named St. Damien of Molokai) located on West Main Street.  I knew that an earlier church building once stood on this site but I never had seen any pictures of it so I was thrilled to discover this photo of the...

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Monongahela PA – Then and Now

I came across an old post card showing St. Paul's church as it appeared years ago when it still had a steeple. It's always interesting to compare how things change over the years so here is a photograph of the church taken in 2010: And here is how the church appeared on a postcard with...

Transfiguration Parish, Monongahela, PA. Then and Now

Although the top picture is postmarked August 1912, the original photograph was probably made several years earlier. It's interesting to compare the difference 100 years makes. Most obvious is the loss of the steeples to the church, and replacement of those terrific porches on the church rectory to the right. Notice too the complete disappearance...