Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Emmanuel Episcopal Church is a church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson. It is nicknamed 'The Bake Oven Church' because of its squat, rounded shape and brick construction. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2000. While the selection of brick was doubtless for reasons of economy, the brickwork is one of the church’s most appealing features. Unlike most of his buildings, Emmanuel Episcopal’s wall surfaces do not have a rough surface, moldings, belt courses or other projections to break up the planes or produce shadow lines. (The bricks do project from the main wall surface just below the eave line. This is accomplished in two steps of different dimension to give a pleasing string course effect.)...