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at 504 S. Liberty Street in Perryopolis,

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. It was built between 1912 and 1918, and is a 30 feet by 60 feet yellow brick building in the

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style. It has a

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plan and the gabled roof is topped by four

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s. The church served a community of

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who originally settled in the area prior to 1907. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

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in 1997.

References

1918 establishments in Pennsylvania Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Churches in Fayette County, Pennsylvania Rusyn-American culture in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Fayette County, Pennsylvania Eastern Catholic churches in Pennsylvania {{US-EC-church-stub