Plate, Commemorative
Object number2013.3.1
Manufacturer
World Wide Art Studios
Date1954
OriginCovington, TN
MediumCeramic/Ink/Glaze
Credit LineHeinz History Center Collection
DescriptionWhite ceramic commemorative plate. In center printed in green: image of a church with clouds in background; text below image identifies church and location. Metallic gold floral accents on wavy edge. On reverse is black print of a brief history of church and maker's mark.Dimensions9.75 x 9.75 x 30.375 in. (24.8 x 24.8 x 77.2 cm)InscriptionsObverse has text below image: "Holy Trinity R.C. Church / Ambridge, Pennsylvania".
Reverse: Black print "Twenty-fifth Anniversary / HOLY TRINITY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH / Ambridge, Pennsylvania / After various attempts, Holy Trinity Parish / was finally organized in 1929. The First Mass / was offered on Easter Sunday, March 31, 1929 / in a small frame building. That edifice was / purchased from the Baptists and stood where / the present Church now is. / Construction of the new Church began in April / of the year 1950 and completed in December of / the same year. The structure is eighty-five / feet long and fifty feet wide. It is faced / with gray Indiana Limestone on the exterior / and the inner structure is made up of concrete / block and structural tile. The seating capacity / of the main auditorium including the balcony / is three hundred and eighty three persons. / Majority of the Parishioners are of Croatian / descent but there is a goodly number from / Slovenian origin."
MarksMaker's mark on reverse: "[image of two graphed-globes] / WORLD WIDE ART STUDIOS / COVINGTON, TENN."
Historical NotesCommemorative plate from Holy Trinity church in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, which closed in 2004. The parish is now part of Good Samaritan Parish.
Related institution
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church
Related institution
Good Samaritan Chapel
(1935 - 1997)
On View
Not on view
c. 1990
Taylor, Smith and Taylor Company
Gill Studios