Saturday, February 26, 2011

Grace Bible Baptist Church, Casper Wyoming



This church, Grace Baptist Bible Church, is located just off of Second Street in Casper Wyoming. It is styled in the manner of many churches built in Casper after World War Two, but I don't know when it was built. Some time prior to 1960 in any event.

I actually was not aware that this church was here, being located on a neighborhood street I would not have had the occasion to normally travel down, but I ran across it doubling back to take the photograph of the church located in the post immediately above this one. This church is located one block away from that church.

Friday, February 25, 2011

The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Denver Colorado




This is the Roman Catholic Cathedral for the Archdiocese of Denver. This impressive church is difficult to photograph, due to it's downtown location and towering heights. It was built in 1911-1912.

Mother of God Catholic Church, Denver Colorado


This small Roman Catholic Church is just off downtown Denver. A remarkable thing about this church is it's fairly close proximity, in modern terms, with other Catholic Churches in downtown Denver, however, this one is on the border between the business and residential districts.

This church was built as a Protestant church in about 1900 and saw use by various denominations until the 1940s, when the Archdiocese of Denver purchased it.

A nice history of the Parish can be found here.

St. John in the Wilderness Cathedral, Denver Colorado







This is the Episcopal Cathedral for the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado. Located in Central Denver, construction on the church was started in 1909 and completed in 1911.

These photographs do not do it justice. The cathedral and associated buildings take up an entire city block.

Unidentified, Denver Colorado


Central Denver has a large number of traditional styled churches, of which this is one. Taken from my pickup truck window while stopped at an intersection, I was unable to identify it.

St. Patrick's Presbyterian Church, Greeley Colorado


This is St. Patrick's Presbyterian Church in downtown Greeley Colorado.

St. Mary's Cathedral, Cheyenne Wyoming



This is the Roman Catholic Cathedral for the Diocese of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Located in downtown Cheyenne, the cornerstone was laid in 1907 and the cathedral was consecrated in 1909.

This Roman Catholic Cathedral is a contemporary, in terms of construction, to the Cathedral of the Madeline in Salt Lake City, Utah. I noted this as the Cathedral of the Madeline, at least according to its corner stone, was originally called St. Mary's Cathedral. In early 20th Century terms Salt Lake and Cheyenne were quite some distance away, but that distance could still be traveled in a day on the Union Pacific, so it's interesting to note that two St. Mary's Cathedrals were being constructed in the region at the same time.

The Cathedral is on a block called "Cathedral Square", which is located across the street in one direction from the Joseph C. O'Mahoney Federal Courthouse and, in another direction, from the Wyoming Supreme Court. It is about two blocks away from the Wyoming State Capitol.

St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Cheyenne Wyoming

This is the second Wyoming Episcopal Church named St. Mark's that has been posted on this blog, but this one is older, and in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Located in downtown Cheyenne, this church was built in 1888 and was patterned after Stoke Poges Church in England, a church built in the 11th Century.

Of some interest, thsi church is just slightly younger than the Episcopal Cathedral in Salt Lake City, which is St. Mark's Cathedral.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Casper Wyoming






St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Casper Wyoming was completed in 1962. The church came about due to the expansion of Casper in the 1950s, and this church is the newest of the three Roman Catholic churches in Casper. Unlike Our Lady of Fatiima, which represented an expansion to the west side of Casper, this church is located in east Casper.

Plans for the church commenced in 1955. Like Our Lady of Fatima, a school was constructed on the site but was never used as a regular grade school. The church is also the largest of the three Catholic churches in Casper, having a very large interior.

St. Mark's Episcopal Church (the original one)




This is the original building for St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Casper, Wyoming. This church was used until the impressive newer structure, featured below, replaced it.

This is also the oldest existing church in Casper. Other churches would have been contemporary to it, but when they were replaced with larger more substantial buildings, they were generally taken down. This church is now located at the Natrona County Fairgrounds.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Community Presbyterian Church, Shoshoni Wyoming


This church exhibits typical small town church architecture in the rural West. This particular church is located in the small Wyoming town of Shoshone.

Full Gospel of Christ Church, Casper Wyoming




I don't know anything about this church at all, other than that it is located in an older section of Casper, Wyoming, and it has an unusual, almost old fashioned British Isles look to it. It's located in a residential neighborhood, as quite a few churches are, but it's fairly distinct looking.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Casper Wyoming



This is Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, the Greek Orthodox Church in Casper, Wyoming. This is one of only four Orthodox Churches in Wyoming, and one of only three Greek Orthodox Churches. The other two Greek Orthodox Churches are located in Rock Springs, Wyoming and Cheyenne, Wyoming, communities that obviously had substantial enough Greek communities for the establishment of a church. A fourth Orthodox Church can be found in Gillette Wyoming but it is an Antiochian Orthodox Church.

Riverton Museum (Riverton Methodist), Riverton Wyoming


This church building was built as a Methodist church in 1916 and served as the Methodist Church until 1960. Now it is the Riverton Museum.

St. Margaret's Church, Riverton Wyoming


This Roman Catholic Church serves Riverton Wyoming. It was built in 1952. A Catholic School is located on the same block, just behind the church.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

First United Methodist Church, Casper Wyoming


This church is located completely downtown, across from the Natrona County Public Library. It's exterior is deceptive in that the church is not as large as it might appear, as the church building includes interior rooms used by the church. The church itself is joined to a new meeting area off to the right.

Two tones of brick featured on the church suggest that it might have been built in two stages, or perhaps three, but I do not know this to be the case. The corner stone gives three dates, with the first being 1907, the second 1927, and the third 1951, so presumably this was the case.

St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Casper Wyoming


This traditionally styled Episcopal Church includes the office buildings for the church a meeting room, kitchen and a day school, so the interior space used for services is smaller than the large exterior might suggest.

The view featured on the bottom photograph could not be seen until recently, as a large house once stood in what is now an open area. The church is across the street from the former St. Anthony's Catholic School, which has moved to a new location across town. The church was built in 1924.

First Baptist Church, Casper Wyoming

This is the First Baptist Church in Casper, Wyoming. It's one of the Downtown churches in Casper, in an area that sees approximately one church per block for a several block area.

This particular church was built in 1949, and sits on the same block as Our Savior's Lutheran Church.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Cathedral of the Madeline, Salt Lake City Utah















Some cell phone and compact digital photographs of the impressive Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Madeline in Salt Lake City, Utah.

This impressive Cathedral was started in 1900, and completed in 1909. In some ways, it is representative of the significant Irish presence in the area which started in this time period, as Irish immigrants arrived in the Salt Lake area to work as miners. As can be see, while it is now known as the Cathedral of the Madeline, the corner stone indicates that it was at least built as St. Mary's Cathedral, which of course is consistent. It's interesting to note, however, that this Roman Catholic cathedral was under construction at the same time that St. Mary's Cathedral in Cheyenne Wyoming was, so two Roman Catholic Cathedrals by that name were under construction in the same region, at the same time.

Post Church, Ft. Douglas Utah.




The post church located on the grounds of the former Ft. Douglas, Utah, now part of the campus of the University of Utah.

I am unsure of the denomination, but I suspect it was an Episcopal Church. I'm not sure if it is an actively used church at the present, but at least externally, it is well preserved.

St Peter and St. Paul Orthodox Church, Salt Lake City Utah


Salt Lake City, while commonly associated with the LDS Church, is a city that features a large number of classically constructed churches in the downtown area. This church, the Orthodox Church of St. Peter & St. Paul is one such surprising example, although it was not originally constructed as a church, but rather as a synagogue in 1903. In 1987 the building was sold to an Assemblies of God Congregation, and then later to the Antiochian Orthodox Church. In construction, it is remarkably church like the former Temple Emanuel in Denver which also is no longer used as a synagogue. Also like that building, the building has a strongly eastern character.

Located quite near downtown, the church features the quote, above the front door; "It was in Antioch that they were first called Christians." The Church itself is, as noted, an Antiochian Orthodox Church, a branch of the Orthodox Church, so perhaps that is not surprising. As the Antiochian Orthodox Church is the branch of the Orthodox Church associated with Orthodox Arabs, however, finding this church in Salt Lake City is a bit of a surprise.

Photograph taken with a cell phone.