When I started this blog I only intended to catalog traditional architecture, but I've obviously strayed away from that policy a lot, and nearly right from the onset. I still think of going back to it from time to time, but I have not.
I guess that's a bit of a disclaimer for this post, and for being a bit more blunt on some of this than I used to be. This is the First Christian Church in Wheatland Wyoming. I'm not sure when this church was built, but it was fairly recently.
It's a nice attractive looking building, but it's largely devoid of traditional church architecture. But for a few embellishments a person wouldn't immediately assume that it's a church. One of those embellishments is the corner piece holding a bell, which is a feature designed, no doubt, to cause those observing it to realize that this is a church. Otherwise, it wouldn't be immediately apparent.
Now, I don't mean to fault anyone for architecture of this type. This is not an ugly building. And traditional structures are expensive unless you go with the Prairie Gothic style of church which few do anymore. Still, there's something for the position that churches were designed the way that they were for a reason. Still, if you aren't, at least this is an attractive structure.
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