Free Walking Tour on May 29 Includes Bell-Tower Climb and Art Deco Landmark

PHLF News
May 13, 2010

Climb up into the bell tower of Southminster Presbyterian Church, a Historic Religious Property grant recipient in 2007, and tour the Art Deco Municipal Building in Mt. Lebanon on our first CAR FREE walking tour offered in conjunction with Car Free Fridays (but our tour is Saturday!) and BikePGH:

• Saturday, May 29, 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
• Meet at the Clock on Washington Road at the stair entrance to the “T,” across from Aladdin’s Eatery (630 Washington Road). Ride the T, ride your bike, or take the bus to Mt. Lebanon!
• RSVP: marylu@phlf.org or 412-471-5808, ext. 527.
• The free tour is limited to the first 25 people who RSVP by May 27.

Tour highlights: Karen Cahall, Louise Sturgess, and LuAnn Abelson of PHLF––all Mt. Lebanon residents and members of The Historical Society of Mount Lebanon––will share information about significant events and current developments along Washington Road. We’ll go inside Southminster Church to see the beautiful stained glass windows and climb up the bell tower to see the change-ringing bells; we’ll tour the recently-renovated Municipal Building of 1929; and visit several main street businesses. Mt. Lebanon was incorporated as a township in 1912, but the history of the South Hills community stretches back to the 1770s.