Churches of the West

Painted Bricks: Missionary Houses, Lehaina Maui Hawaii : These are obviously beyond the scope of this forum, but still, this provides some i...

This impressive church is the Maria Lanakila Catholic Church in Lahaina Maui Hawaii.  The Church was established in 1846 with the p...

This is St. James the Less Catholic Church in Ulupalakua, Maui, Hawaii.  It's a mission church served by Our Lady Queen of Angels...

This is the Lahuiokalani Kaanapali Congregational Church in Kaanapali, Maui. Located just off the beach, the church dates back to 1840...

I've already heard the complaint.  Hawai'i? That's not part of the West.  I thought that this blog was about churches of the Wes...

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...

This is Holy Innocents Episcopal Church in Lehaini, Maui, Hawaii.  It's very near the beach in Lehaini.  Other than these detai...

This is clearly outside the focus of this blog, but it is included due to the oddity of it being labeled a "church".  This ...

This is St. Augustine By The Sea Catholic Church just off of Wakiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii.  The church dates its history b...

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This Church was put in place in the early 1950s due to the expansion of the City of Casper, and has an unusual history. The church it...

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This church was a bit of a surprise as I wasn't aware there was a Greek Orthodox Church in Worland.  I don't know anything else ...

Today In Wyoming's History: Sidebar: The Irish in Wyoming : Just recently we posted our "green" edition of this blog with our...

A few photographs below I had a photo of a combined Presbyterian and Methodist congregation in Thermopolis Wyoming , and here we have...

This is the United Methodist Church in Basin, Wyoming.  This style of church is a bit unusual for a Methodist Church, although at least t...

This is St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Basin Wyoming.  This small town Episcopal Church fits into the Gothic style, in our view.  I...

This is the First Baptist Church in Worland Wyoming.  I"m not entirely certain how to categorize the architecture of this church, wh...

The United Methodist Church in Worland Wyoming.  This Church fits into the Gothic Architecture category, but like a lot of churches in th...

This Catholic Church in Greybull Wyoming features Gothic and Romanesque features. The bell tower in particular is an interesting Roman...

This is St. Francis Catholic Church, in Thermopolis Wyoming.  This attractive Romanesque style Church has a very classic European style t...

This is the Community Federated Church of Thermopolis, Wyoming, which serves a combined Methodist and Presbyterian congregation, the firs...

This Rapid City protestant church is built in the Federal Revival style of architecture more common to courthouses .  Otherwise, I know n...

Sometimes a modern architectural feature can really mess up the photographing of an older one, and this church provides such an example. ...

This striking small Episcopal Church, built in the Gothic style, is located in downtown Rapid City, South Dakota. The church was built in...

This is a less than ideal photograph, but I was parked in a hospital parking lot at the time I took it and had limited time to do so.  Th...

This is the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Sundance, Wyoming.  This Prairie Gothic style church is obviously an older structure, but I...

When I took this photograph, it was the location of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Gillette, Wyoming. As noted at the time, I had no id...

I'm updating, and reposting, this entry, as I was traveling through Gillette recently and found that this location was for sale, ...

Holscher's Hub: The Conversion of St. Paul : The Conversion of St. Paul by Caravaggio. January 25 is the memorial of the Conversion ...

Lex Anteinternet: January 24. St. Francis De Sales : Painting of St. Francis de Sales, public domain in the United States. Today, January...

Lex Anteinternet: What people read : We've had this blog up for a couple of years now, with the first posts being in 2009 . There were n...

I thought that this was a church, and I still suspect that it serves this function, but it is also a Christian school, located in Lewist...