Church Cross @ St. Timothy - Philadelphia, PA
N 40° 01.834 W 075° 03.676
18T E 494772 N 4431151
12-foot wooden cross made of wood poles in front of and to the left of the church. There is no meaning to the cross except to just adorn the front of the church.
Waymark Code: WM91MT
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 06/14/2010
Views: 3
There is a rectangular bed of red rocks leading up to the wood pole cross. In the center of the rocks is a multi-colored cross, also made of rock. The two poles are lashed together with rope to secure it in cross form. There are Delaware River Jack boulders at the base of the pole. There is fantastic landscaping, all symmetrical and all surrounding. There is also a recognition donor marker. It reads
The Parish Thanks
The Petner Family
DeChristopher Memorials
Carr - Duff Inc.
Rumsey Electronic
This is a smooth gray stone marker with roughy hews sides found in front of the base of the cross. That stone recognizes those people who helped finance the cross project.
St. Timothy's was founded in October of 1928. Construction on the church began in 1949. The best feature of this church are its huge stained glass windows representing various saints.
This church, typical of the other "twenties" churches is old enough to be made of the stone so prevalent in construction beck then but not quite so old as a 19th century church which is ornate and overly ostentatious. An obvious feature is the huge bell tower rising high against the sky off to the right, but it is plain and utilitarian.
The church is located at Levick & Battersby Streets and is one of the nicer churches in the northeast section of Philly. There is a single grave out front next to the sidewalk which I found to be a little creepy and a huge wooden cross off to the left. The church sits high up and there are some steps to take to get up to the entrance.
There is plenty of parking and the church does have its own lot. If you do not mind one way streets, then visiting here should not be much of a challenge.