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Non-residential Buildings

There are few non-residential buildings within the expansion area, only three of which are contributing. Of the two churches, Mount Lebanon A. H. E. Zion (#365) is the oldest and most impressive, with its imposing 1905 brick Victorian Gothic Revival edifice raised upon a high basement. The gable-front façade is flanked by large corner towers--the larger one being crowned by a tall pyramidal spire--while the arched windows are defined by brick buttresses; the massive building exerts a commanding presence over the surrounding historically black neighborhood. The ca. 1928 former St. Elizabeth Catholic Church and School (#145) is a small brick five-bay structure that exhibits reserved elements of the Spanish Colonial Revival style. The main feature of the church is an attached bell tower on the east, while the school has parapet eaves and a central entrance distinguished by a broad canopy supported by heavy shaped braces. Only the (former) F. H. Ziegler and Sons Funeral Home (#421) survives from the small number of commercial buildings erected within the expansion area. The 1926 two-story brick Spanish Colonial Revival style building exhibits parapet eaves and twin double-tier porches flanking a broad central arched entrance; definitive clay roof tiles were replaced ca. 1990 with asphalt shingles.

Antebellum Structures | Turn-of-the-Century Forms | Turn-of-the-Century Styles | Out-buildings | Narrative Description | Methodology