Churches on Tour
Churches on tour Saturday
City Alliance Church
380 West Fourth Street
This Romanesque-style church was designed and built by Eber Culver on land donated by Peter Herdic around 1860. After being destroyed by floods, the original building was torn down in 1898. A new church was built in 1914. The mountain stone was quarried in this area. Note the Tiffany windows.
Repasz Band performance 1:30 -2:30 PM.
Saint Joseph the Worker Church
702 West Fourth Street
Built in 1886 by Amos Wagner on land donated by Peter Herdic, this Romanesque-style church was built to serve the Irish community. The stone came from the nearby town of Ralston. The church seats 600 people and features an abundance of marble and gold décor.
Saturday church tours are available: 10 AM – 3 PM
Saturday lunch, beverages, and crafts are available for purchase 9 AM to 3 PM in the Parish Center.
Covenant Central Presbyterian Church
807 West Fourth Streets
Built in 1910, this Richardsonian/Romanesque-style structure is composed of marble and granite, quarried from the Avondale Quarry near Philadelphia. The roof is terracotta tile and copper with thick window lintels. There are large semi-circular arched entries, three doors with stained glass, and many arched, stained-glass windows. The church has an eight-sided dome in the sanctuary that, includes a cross on top made of solid oak with hammered copper overlay.
Music will be playing in the sanctuary throughout the day.
Trinity Episcopal Church
844 West Fourth Street
Built in 1875 by Culver and Thorn, the church was paid for by Peter Herdic, who donated both the land and the building to the parish. His father-in-law, Judge Maynard, presented the church with a set of Westminster chimes. The church is an example of English-Gothic architecture and contains stone quarried locally from Bald Eagle Mountain.
Church tours are available: 10 AM – 3 PM
A soup lunch will be available for purchase on Saturday: 11 AM – 2 PM in the parish hall
Christ Episcopal Church
426 Mulberry Street
Christ Episcopal Church is the city’s oldest Episcopal church. It was founded in 1841 as the First Episcopal Church of Williamsport and was located on the present site of the New Covenant Church. In 1869, the now standing Christ Church was built and held its first service on Christmas day of that same year. This Norman Gothic structure is appointed with several genuine Tiffany-stained glass windows, encaustic tile work, and many fine examples of brass and woodwork. It is also noted historically for the tenure of the eleventh Rector, The Rev. Dr. John Henry Hopkins, Jr., composer of the beloved hymn “We Three Kings”.
Church tours are available: 9 AM – 4 PM
Wildwood Cemetery Chapel
91 Wildwood Boulevard (This is not on the trolley shuttle loop.)
Founded in 1863, Wildwood Cemetery was designed by Williamsport native and architect David K. Dean, and began on 50 acres of land. Wildwood’s original chapel, office and receiving vault will be the focal point of tours and lectures on its history and the many lumber barons buried within its 350+ acres. Built for $12,000 in 1897, the entry structure is made of Pennsylvania white marble laid up in regular coursework, which is rock faced, featuring ornate carvings. The marvelous multi-paneled chapel-stained glass windows are excellent examples of Victorian Decorative Arts by the famed Buffalo-Stained Glass Works, of Buffalo, NY.
Chapel @ Wildwood Cemetery, Village Green Brass Ensemble: 1:00 PM