TY - BOOK AU - Howe,Jeffery W. TI - Houses of worship: an identification guide to the history and styles of American religious architecture SN - 1571459707 AV - NA 5205 .H69 2003 PY - 2003/// CY - San Diego, Calif. PB - Thunder Bay Press KW - Church architecture KW - United States KW - Synagogue architecture KW - Temples N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -