A blog dedicated to photographs of churches and church architecture in the Rocky Mountain West.
Showing posts with label Romanesque. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Romanesque. Show all posts
Monday, August 26, 2013
Friday, June 28, 2013
Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Kula, Maui, Hawaii
This is Our Lady Queen of Angels Church in Keokea, Maui Hawaii. This church was opened in 1940 after a need for a new Catholic Church in the area was discerned in connection with a nearby sanatorium. As it was centrally located, and had sufficient grounds, it became the mission church for two churches in the nearby region, those being St. James the Less and the unique Portuguese styled Holy Ghost Mission.
Holy Innocents Episcopal Church, Lehaini Maui Hawaii
This is Holy Innocents Episcopal Church in Lehaini, Maui, Hawaii. It's very near the beach in Lehaini. Other than these details, I don't know anything else about this church.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Greybull Wyoming
This Catholic Church in Greybull Wyoming features Gothic and Romanesque features. The bell tower in particular is an interesting Romanesque addition to the existing church.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
St. Francis Catholic Church, Thermopolis Wyoming
This is St. Francis Catholic Church, in Thermopolis Wyoming. This attractive Romanesque style Church has a very classic European style to it. I'm not aware of when it was built.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Christ the King Catholic Church, Gering Nebraska
I did a very poor job of photographing this church, as I failed to really investigate the full architecture at the time. What is visible in this photo is the 1996 addition to the 1958 church. The spire for the 1958 church is visible. Had I paid more attention at the time, I would have photographed that portion of the church.
Anyhow, this Catholic Church in Gering Nebraska is an interesting example of a church having been substantially added to.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Sidney Nebraska
This is St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Sidney, Nebraska. It's a striking church that was built in 1913, although I wonder if part of the structure may have been added on to much more recently. If so, the architects did an amazing job of keeping later construction consistent with the original design of the church.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
St. Leo Catholic Church, Lewistown Montana
St. Leo's history is nicely explained by the National Registry of Historic Places photograph included above. This beautiful church is a surprise as Lewistown is not a large town, having a population of only about 6,000 people. The church is very large, and strongly resembles St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Casper Wyoming, which was built at about the same time.
Friday, April 27, 2012
First Baptist Church, Tulsa Oklahoma
First Baptist Church in Tulsa Oklahoma, demonstrating an unusual combination of Romanesque styling and modern office building styling.
Trinity Episcopal Church, Tulsa Oklahoma
This is Trinity Episcopal Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It's a downtown church of classic Gothic styling, but otherwise I don't know any of the details on it.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church, Jackson Wyoming
This is the very impressive Our Lady of the Mountains in Jackson, Wyoming. The stone Romanesque church is located on a little under a city block, and unfortunately is a bit hard to photograph, or at least I did a poor job of photographing it. Added to that, the weather conditions were less than ideal at the time.
I don't know when this church was built, but I believe it was built in the last 15 years, as I can recall going to Mass in Jackson as the older church, was an impressive, but small, log structure.
Nighttime scene during Lent.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
St. Matthews Episcopal Cathedral, Laramie Wyoming
This is the impressive St. Matthews Episcopal Cathedral in Laramie, Wyoming. This photograph was one I took in 1986, but the Cathedral appears largely the same today.
One oddity about this Cathedral is that the Episcopal diocese's offices are actually in Casper, Wyoming. While I don't know for sure, I think that this likely reflects the age of this cathedral, which is fairly old. At the time it was built, only southern Wyoming was relatively populated, and Laramie was a bit of a center of culture, being the site of the university, and of certain English interests that had entered the ranching industry and headquartered there. "Ivinson Street", for example, is named after one such family. The Cathedral does have a large administrative building, built in a Gothic style, which were likely the Diocese's administrative offices.
In later years, Cheyenne or Casper would prove to be more logical administrative centers, and in recent years the Episcopal Church apparently chose Casper as their administrative headquarters.
An adjoining courtyard to the Cathedral features a nice World War One memorial.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
First Presbytrian Church, Tulsa Oklahoma
This is the First Presbyterian Church in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. As is obvious from the photograph, this church was undergoing extensive construction at the time I photographed it in October, 2011. The church was built in 1926.
Like the nearby Roman Catholic Holy Family Cathedral, this church as both Gothic and Romanesque features.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Christ Episcopal Church Newcastle Wyoming
This is Christ Episcopal Church in Newcastle Wyoming, making this the second Episcopal Church in Wyoming with that name that I'm aware of. It's an older church, but otherwise I don't know anything further about it. It is somewhat difficult to photograph due to the very large tree that is in front of it. Unfortunately, one of my "from the truck" photographs was at an angle, also making for a poor photograph.
Friday, June 17, 2011
First United Methodist Church, Sheridan Wyoming
Friday, June 10, 2011
St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, Denver Colorado
Grant Avenue Methodist Church and Community Center, Denver Colorado
Another bad photograph taken from a moving car, this photograph depicts the Grant Avenue Methodist Church in Denver Colorado.
I don't know much about this south Denver Church, but it has apparently been donated to the community so that it now serves both as a Methodist Church and a Community Center. It was built in 1908.
St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church, and St. Cajetan, Roman Catholic Church, Denver Colorado
This is not a great photograph, as I only happened to notice the church in the forefront, which I otherwise had missed, when looking out a hotel window. It wasn't until I viewed the photograph that I realized there were two churches in the photo.
The near church is St. Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church in downtown Denver. It borders the university, and was built between 1898 and 1902. It was originally a church that was the Roman Catholic church for German Catholics in Denver. It's built in the Romanesque style.
A church which is slightly deeper in the photograph, to the right of St. Elizabeth's, is St. Cajetan's Roman Catholic Church. This church was built in 1924 to serve the Hispanic community of Denver, replacing an older church also by that name. It is a Gothic architecture church.
The near church is St. Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church in downtown Denver. It borders the university, and was built between 1898 and 1902. It was originally a church that was the Roman Catholic church for German Catholics in Denver. It's built in the Romanesque style.
A church which is slightly deeper in the photograph, to the right of St. Elizabeth's, is St. Cajetan's Roman Catholic Church. This church was built in 1924 to serve the Hispanic community of Denver, replacing an older church also by that name. It is a Gothic architecture church.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Holy Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Denver Colorado
This is a very old Denver Church, being located right downtown, and having been built in 1887. It is a substantial structure.
It's also difficult to photograph, as it's nearly always in perpetual shade as very tall buildings have been built up around it. This is, unfortunately, compounded here as these photographs were taken on a very dreary day.
One item of note, the church declares that it is the Holy Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, but in modern terms it's usually called the Holy Trinity Methodist Church or the Holy Trinity United Methodist Church. This obviously indicates some change in how the Methodist church is conceived of during the past century, but I don't know what that is. Here the church is listed under its original name.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
St. Margaret's Church, Riverton Wyoming
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