It's built in the Carpenter Gothic style -- an architectural style I find absolutely lovely, and which was quite popular in the late 19th century, as the "poor man's answer" to the glorious gothic structures that were being built in stone. Rural areas especially found this style to be not only affordable, but it used the considerable talents of local carpenters and woodworkers.
The diary of a priest, being random thoughts and various things of possible interest from the Pastor of Our Lady of the Atonement Church in San Antonio, Texas.
30 July 2010
Mass in my hometown...
It's built in the Carpenter Gothic style -- an architectural style I find absolutely lovely, and which was quite popular in the late 19th century, as the "poor man's answer" to the glorious gothic structures that were being built in stone. Rural areas especially found this style to be not only affordable, but it used the considerable talents of local carpenters and woodworkers.
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Lovely, reminds me of the Methodist Church we went to once a year at Easter. That was in Ohio.
Lovely Church!
And on a completely different note, I really appreciate the article in the Reading Room, "Real Education." I'm sure this is the standard at your school. I only wish the rest of America would follow suit! Actually, (being a victim of the public schools) I wish the rest of America had never lost its way.
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