{"id":296386,"date":"2026-09-29T20:37:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T20:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/296386\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T20:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T20:37:50","slug":"panel-discusses-erie-churches-architect-as-cultural-landmarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/296386\/","title":{"rendered":"Panel discusses Erie churches architect as cultural landmarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Erie&#8217;s historic churches took center stage on Sunday afternoon during a presentation looking at the architect behind three of the city&#8217;s landmark buildings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Citivas hosted Beauty, Faith and Community at the Erie Center for Arts and Technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Corry volleyball to host fundraiser for suicide prevention;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/corry-volleyball-to-host-fundraiser-for-suicide-prevention\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Corry volleyball to host fundraiser for suicide prevention\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The author discussed the work of architect William P. Ginther, who designed more than 60 churches across Ohio and western Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His work in Erie includes Saint Ann, Saint Patrick and Saint Andrew churches, all built in the early 1900s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Residents walk for the 51st annual Erie Crop Hunger Walk;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/residents-walk-for-the-51st-annual-erie-crop-hunger-walk\/?ipid=promo-link-block2\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Residents walk for the 51st annual Erie Crop Hunger Walk\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;If they haven&#8217;t visited the building, go visit them; they&#8217;re gorgeous. The outside is only part of the story, once you go in, you realize truly how beautiful they are. They&#8217;re special,&#8221; Anthony Valleriano, a graphic designer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The event also included a panel discussion on the role the three churches continue to play as architectural, cultural and community landmarks in Erie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Erie&#8217;s historic churches took center stage on Sunday afternoon during a presentation looking at the architect behind three&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,122544,138,137,122546,122548,122547,122545],"class_list":["post-296386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-center-for-arts","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-landmark-buildings","tag-saint-andrew","tag-saint-ann","tag-william-p-ginther"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}