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St. Michael's Episcopal Church (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania)

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color into the 1880s, and for recalling his father's admonition to the American Institute of Architects, in 1872, when he argued that the church architect should make a building that would keep a parishioner awake, if the sermon was dull. That he nobly accomplished. ...Despite the fact that Furness
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closed the church in July 2002. It then outraged preservationists in January 2003, by removing the building's stained-glass windows, pews, altars and pipe organ. Availability to these items was supposed to be restricted only to other Episcopal congregations, but, according to George M. Meiser IX,
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Design of St. Michael's Rectory (1877–78) is attributed to either George Brooke or Furness, and the brownstone residence became another gift of the Brookes. Later alterations — changing the roof, moving the entrance to a 3-story addition (with bathrooms above), adding a bay window where the
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Following years of decline, the Birdsboro Steel Corporation's plant closed in 1988, a severe economic blow to the town. By the time St. Michael's celebrated its sesquicentennial in 2001, the congregation had dwindled to the point of not being able to sustain a full-time minister. The
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The chancel was lengthened by 10 feet and widened by 6 feet in 1892, allowing the installation of choir stalls and moving the altar wall south to the Church Street sidewalk. This work was done by New York designer R. Geissler and contractor Levi H. Focht. At the same time, the
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designed the line's station in Birdsboro (1874, demolished 1967). The Brooke brothers did business with the Reading, and Edward hired Furness to make alterations to his Greek Revival mansion, "Brooke Manor" (1844, altered by Furness circa 1875, demolished 1961).
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original entrance had been — are attributed solely to Furness, and probably were done at the same time that the church was expanded. Furness's alterations are visible in an 1890 panoramic view of Birdsboro.
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Prior to the 2003 removal of its stained-glass windows, pipe organ, and interior furnishings, the building was considered the most unaltered of Victorian architect
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St. Michael's congregation was founded in 1851, and the original church was built in 1853 on land donated by brothers Edward and George Brooke, proprietors of the
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built against the west transept (turning it into a carriage entrance), a colored-slate roof, and a large gold-plated cross crowning the steeple.
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Over the decades, the church was embellished with additional stained-glass windows, including another by Tiffany Studios, and other adornments.
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The total cost of the improvements was in excess of $ 12,000, a gift of the Brooke family. The expanded church was consecrated on May 31, 1885.
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added to and redesigned the existing church buildings, in its current appearance St. Michael's can be regarded as his work."
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George designed the "Norman-Gothic" church building, and he and his brother donated the organ, the bell for its gable
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The church property was sold to another congregation in 2005, and is now the New First Baptist Church of Birdsboro.
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Following older brother Edward's death, George hired Furness to expand the church building. Furness lengthened the
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Furness's expansion of the church and alterations to the rectory are visible in this detail from an 1890 panorama.
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is a group of architecturally-significant religious buildings located at 200-216 North Mill Street in
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St. Michael's Episcopal Church - National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination (1982)
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president of the Historical Society of Berks County, some of them were offered for sale on
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George E. Thomas (1982-04-08). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination:
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Forge and Foundry: The People and Places of Mill and Furnace in Birdsboro, PA - Volume 4
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The History of St. Michael's Protestant Episcopal Church, Birdsboro, Pennsylvania
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The History of St. Michael's Protestant Episcopal Church, Birdsboro, Pennsylvania
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New First Baptist Church of Birdsboro in 2011. St. Michael's was renamed in 2005.
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St. Michael's Rectory, from Mill Street. Furness moved the entrance to the side.
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Berks County, Pennsylvania
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in 1887, was removed from the east transept and installed over the altar.
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stood above the altar for 110 years. It is now in the collection of the
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St. Michael's Protestant Episcopal Church, Parish House and Rectory
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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
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St. Michael's Protestant Episcopal Church, Parish House and Rectory
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Birdsboro Iron Foundry Company (later Birdsboro Steel Corporation).
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National Register of Historic Places in Berks County, Pennsylvania
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from Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania.
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St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Parish House and Rectory
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St. Michael's Protestant Episcopal Church, Parish House and Rectory
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

St. Michael's Episcopal Church (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania) is located in Pennsylvania
St. Michael's Episcopal Church (Birdsboro, Pennsylvania) is located in the United States
Birdsboro, Pennsylvania
40°15′54″N 75°48′26″W / 40.26500°N 75.80722°W / 40.26500; -75.80722
Furness & Evans
Gothic Revival
Late Victorian
82001531
Birdsboro
Berks County, Pennsylvania
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Frank Furness
Birdsboro Iron Foundry Company (later Birdsboro Steel Corporation).
bellcote
Reading Railroad
Frank Furness


nave
transepts
cruciform
porte cochere
William Henry Furness
First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Daniel Pabst
Pennsylvania Dutch

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