A blog dedicated to photographs of churches and church architecture in the Rocky Mountain West.
Monday, March 18, 2013
United Methodist Church, Basin Wyoming
This is the United Methodist Church in Basin, Wyoming. This style of church is a bit unusual for a Methodist Church, although at least the Methodist Church in Wheatland Wyoming has a similar Federalist style.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Basin Wyoming
This is St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Basin Wyoming. This small town Episcopal Church fits into the Gothic style, in our view. I don't know anything else about it, other than that its coloration is unusual for a wooden church.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
First Baptist Church, Worland Wyoming
This is the First Baptist Church in Worland Wyoming. I"m not entirely certain how to categorize the architecture of this church, which has a certain New England style to it.
Friday, March 15, 2013
United Methodist Church, Worland Wyoming
The United Methodist Church in Worland Wyoming. This Church fits into the Gothic Architecture category, but like a lot of churches in this region of Wyoming, it has some Romanesque features as well.
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.
Community Federated Church, Thermopolis Wyoming
This is the Community Federated Church of Thermopolis, Wyoming, which serves a combined Methodist and Presbyterian congregation, the first church serving a combined congregation that I've run across, although something similar exists in regards to an upcoming post for Basin Wyoming.
The Church is a classic modern Gothic style church, but otherwise I know nothing about it.
Friday, February 1, 2013
Faith Temple, Rapid City South Dakota
This Rapid City protestant church is built in the Federal Revival style of architecture more common to courthouses. Otherwise, I know nothing else about it.
First Presbyterian Church, Rapid City, South Dakota
Sometimes a modern architectural feature can really mess up the photographing of an older one, and this church provides such an example.
This is The First Presbyterian Church in Rapid City, South Dakota. The classic Gothic style church is in the downtown region of Rapid City, and unfortunately the area is dominated by some sort of odd communications tower, which makes photographing the entire building difficult.
I don't know the age of this particular church.
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Rapid City South Dakota
This striking small Episcopal Church, built in the Gothic style, is located in downtown Rapid City, South Dakota. The church was built in 1888.
St. Paul's Catholic Church, Sundance Wyoming
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. This church is St. Paul's Catholic Church in Sundance, Wyoming. It certainly is in a picturesque setting, even if the picture is not so picturesque.
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Sundance Wyoming
This is the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Sundance, Wyoming. This Prairie Gothic style church is obviously an older structure, but I don't know the details of it.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church, former location of (Holy Trinity Episcopal Church), Gillette Wyoming
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 idea how old the structure of the church was. An addition, not visible here, to the back side looked to be a rectory.
Since I took this photo, the Church structure sold to the Antiochian Orthodox parish in Gillette, and this Church is now Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church. I don't know where the Episcopal parish formerly located here is now located. The pastor of this church informs me that it has been redone inside, in keeping with Orthodox traditions, and he was graciously allow me to photograph the interior in the future.
The former location of Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church, Gillette Wyoming
I'm updating, and reposting, this entry, as I was traveling through Gillette recently and found that this location was for sale, and therefore pretty clearly no longer the location of Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church. Emailing the pastor, I was provided with the new location. I'll keep this entry up, as this was a church, but it is no longer the location of this church.
The old text noted:
This unusual church is Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church in Gillette, Wyoming. It's very obviously in a converted storefront, but I have included it as the church went to the extent of construction a dome, as we might expect to see on an Orthodox Church.This Antiochian Orthodox Church is the only Antiochian Orthodox Church in Wyoming, and one of only four Orthodox churches in the state.
Friday, January 25, 2013
Holscher's Hub: The Conversion of St. Paul
Holscher's Hub: The Conversion of St. Paul: The Conversion of St. Paul by Caravaggio. January 25 is the memorial of the Conversion of St. Paul, so I'm posing this (public domain...
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Lex Anteinternet: January 24. St. Francis De Sales
Lex Anteinternet: January 24. St. Francis De Sales: Painting of St. Francis de Sales, public domain in the United States. Today, January 24, is the memorial day on the Roman calendar of S...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Lex Anteinternet: What people read
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 none in 2010, but we really took off in p...
Saturday, December 22, 2012
The Masters School, Lewistown Montana
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 Lewistown Montana. Other than that it is a school, with a very church like appearance, I do not know anything else about it.
First Presbyterian Church, Lewistown Montana
This is the First Presbyterian Church in Lewistown Montana. The Gothic style church was built in 1917.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Hanna Wyoming
This is St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Hanna Wyoming, which according to the sign on the building was built in 1922. They style is somewhat unusual, and not easily characterized, but it does have hints of Gothic styling. The name "St. Mark's" is particularly associated with Episcopal churches in Wyoming.
St. Malachy Catholic Mission Church, Medicine Bow, Wyoming
This is St. Malachy's Catholic Mission Church in Medicine Bow, Wyoming. The Church is served by the parish in Saratoga Wyoming.
Unidentified, Medicine Bow Wyoming
This is an old Prairie Gothic style church in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, but other than that, I don't know anything about it.
All photos from this date from our Flickr Site.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Saint Mary's Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Denver Colorado
This is Saint Mary's Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Denver Colorado. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is a non-Chalcedonian (Oriental Orthodox) church. This church is located in north eastern Denver.
Temple Events Center, formally Temple Emanuel Synagogue
It took me some time to figure out what this building is, or was. Given the styling, I thought perhaps it had been built as an Eastern Rite or Orthodox church.
No, in fact it was a synagogue. This building was the Temple Emanuel Synagogue, built in 1899. I don't know its history beyond that, but today it is an events center and available for various uses.
Photograph with the Catholic Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in the background.
Of interest, this building strongly resembles the St. Peter and St. Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church in Salt Lake City, which was also originally built as a synagogue.
Observant folks might notice that this post was first made in February 2011, but has now reappeared in November, 2012. The reason is that I happened to be parked in this neighborhood a couple of days ago and had the opportunity to take photographs of this structure from the sidewalk, as opposed to from inside my vehicle, as the first photo was taken.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Off Topic: Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec?
Would anyone happen to recognize the location of this photograph? It's been suggested to me that it may have been taken at the Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre in Quebec, and I think that might be correct based upon the net photographs I've found of that location, but I'm not sure of that.
Monday, August 27, 2012
(4) D.2211 - Cardinal outside the Catholic Church of the Irish Brigade - First World War 'Official Photographs' > Other visitors - Digital Archive - National Library of Scotland
(4) D.2211 - Cardinal outside the Catholic Church of the Irish Brigade - First World War 'Official Photographs' > Other visitors - Digital Archive - National Library of Scotland
Somewhat off topic, but too good of photo to pass up.
Somewhat off topic, but too good of photo to pass up.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Post Chapel. Prisoner of War Camp. Ft. Robinson Nebraska
This is the second time I've posted a photo of a bare remnant of a church, but in this case, it's a much more recent structure. This is where the Post Chapel for the Prisoner of War Camp at Ft. Robinson Nebraska once was. None of the original structures of the POW camp remain, and most is grass prairie, but where the chapel was is now this small stand of bushes.
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.
First Christian Church, Sidney Nebraska
This is the First Christian Church in Sidney Nebraska. Other than that, I don't know anything about this church.
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.
St. Benedict Catholic Church, Roundup Montana
This is St. Benedict Catholic Church in Roundup Montana. The church is built in a fairly modern style, although I do not know the year of construction. It's located directly across the street from the Musselshell County Courthouse.
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