English: Picture of the
Trinity German Evangelical Lutheran Church located at 2500 Brandt School Road in
Franklin Park, Pennsylvania, on September 23, 2010. Built in 1868, the church is on the
List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks. A stone marker in
German is located over the front entrance. On pages 191 and 192 in
James D. Van Trump and
Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr.'s book
Landmark Architecture of Allegheny County (1967,
Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
LCCN) it lists this church as the "German Evangelical Lutheran Church" and describes the architectural style as "Mid-Nineteenth Century Eclectic
Vernacular". It goes on to say, "This is a red brick
gabled structure with white trim. It is a
hall church and has round topped windows, brick
corbeling,
pilasters, and a modern
Classical porch. There is small white
cupola on the front
gable."
Not far from the church, a
historical marker for the
Kuskusky Path says the following: "Kuskusky Path - Hunters, traders, warriors, militia, war captives, and diplomats all used this early
Native American
path, which passed this location, for most of the 1700s as part of a regional network of trails. It provided a direct route between
Fort Duquesne/
Fort Pitt, a major trade center, and the
Delaware Indian community of Kuskusky, now
New Castle. Europeans who began moving into the area built homes and churches adjacent to the path by 1800.
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission 2008".