Houses of worship : an identification guide to the history and styles of American religious architecture /

Howe, Jeffery W.

Houses of worship : an identification guide to the history and styles of American religious architecture / Jeffery Howe. - San Diego, Calif. : Thunder Bay Press, c2003. - 448 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-443) and index.

The history of religious architecture in the United States -- Early religious architecture in the U.S.-the first houses of worship -- Colonial churches-the Eighteenth century -- European revivals of the Nineteenth Century -- Victorian -- Pre-WWII-eclectic revivals -- The modern age.

A guidebook to the architectural styles of American churches and temples, Houses of Worship is highly illustrated with color photographs and explanatory line drawings. A survey of American religious architecture, this book is a history of the development of American religious history, a guidebook to assist in the identification of the style of individual buildings based on historical examples of typical buildings, and a travel guide to regional monuments of interesting architecture.

1571459707 9781571459701

2003058403


Church architecture--United States.
Synagogue architecture--United States.
Temples--United States.

NA 5205 / .H69 2003