[Blue]

Various church images from Monticello, Florida . . . There are a lot of them there, new buildings and historic. The Chamber of Commerce is housed in a wooden church building . . .

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Last edited by Blue; 05-06-2010 at 10:52 PM.

[Blue]

This Methodist church has been at this site since 1832. The current building dates to 1889.



This arches out in the middle of the building was interesting . . . note the railroad crossing type sign to the right of the image . . .





This building had a lot of arched wooden doors . . .

[Blue]

The Methodist church continued . . . More arched doors and arched windows . . . and walk ways . . .



The basement door held down by a cross is the most interesting thing I found in Monticello this trip . . .

[Blue]

Two more from the above Methodist Church . . . The belfry and arched window . . . and historical plaque . . .

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Last edited by Blue; 04-18-2010 at 10:48 PM.

[Blue]

This Methodist church is in Lloyd, Florida which is also in Jefferson County. Its active. Its not far from the Bethel AME shown elsewhere in this thread and other threads . . .

[Blue]

This is an abandoned AME church in LLoyd, Florida.



The front doors . . .



Side view of belfry etc.



Side view of the church . . . at one time it had a window air unit stuck in a cut out hole . . .



Meeting cover . . .



Sign . . .

[Clou]

St. Paul in Munich:

[Blue]

Unlike the abandoned Bethel AME above, the Pisgah AME is still active. They recently put up a new sign to replace the old wooden and masonry sign that had been there for decades. The 2 buildings are ~ 25 miles apart.



New Sign:

"Pentax: Dare to be Different"

[Clou]

Lukaskirche, Munich, Germany

[Blue]

This is the Lake Ellen Baptist Church in south central Wakulla County . . .

DA 35mm ltd & K20D

This sign was for a rural church about a mile down a side road . . .

"Pentax: Dare to be Different"

[SteveM]

I'm afraid I don't know the name or denomination of the church. It's in Halifax and stands out as it's made of bright white marble.....perhaps someone that knows the area can indicate which church it is....

Shot looking at it from my hotel....



And a walk by...



The cemetery out front was used from the 1700s and was full by the mid 1850s. It wasn't open but it looks like they might allow people in during the summer time. I noticed how many "tiny" graves there were....presumably infant mortality was high during that time....

[bbluesman]

Dominion


TzuChi is the biggest Buddhist charity in Taiwan and maybe the world. This is new hospital/temple complex in Taichung.

[Blue]

1st Baptist Church building in Citra, Florida built in the 1880s.

[Thanatos]

And apparently some stiff competition...

[jgredline]