architecture – Black and White

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St.Paul’s Episcopal, Built in 1886, the only active church of Southwark Parish that dates to 1647.

I’ve been asked why take pictures of churches. many reasons. one of them, in America we tear down most buildings once they are middle aged because? Because we build poorly, because we are short-sighted idiots… supply me more reasons! Being that the church is God’s house, we exercise care, not wishing to anger God, a higher percentage of these structures survive.

Steeple

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Waddell Memorial Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located near Rapidan, Orange County, Virginia. It was built in 1874, and is a Carpenter Gothic frame building covered with board-and-batten siding. It features a three-stage tower at the gable end with a ground level with an equilateral-arched doorway, a middle level with a rose window, and a belfry with double pointed windows.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It is located in the Rapidan Historic District.–Wikipedia

John’s wall

Flemish bond — John Baltimore laid 32,136 bricks building the walls of his sister’s house. One brick at a time.

day of rest

church — on the road to Bremo… Sign over the door reads Little Rock Holy Church

Tripod

Chapel at night — a tripod supplied stability.

Poplar Grove

entropy visible

August 9, 2020

porch — Sparta Pangea intraplate earthquake, the strongest recorded in North Carolina in 104 years. Clearing the view.