Gothic Arches, Latin Crosses: Anti-Catholicism and American Church Designs in the Nineteenth Century

239 Pages·2006·3.56 MB·English

by  Ryan K. Smith

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Ryan K. Smith
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Contents
Acknowledgments xi
  Introductions 
  CatholicChurches 
  TheCross 
  TheGothic 
  TheFlowers 
Epilogue 
Notes 
Bibliography 
Index 
Illustrations
Photographs
TheburningofSt.Augustine’sCatholicChurch,
Philadelphia,Pennsylvania 
ChurchofSt.James-the-Less,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania 
ExterioroftheCathedraloftheAssumption,
Louisville,Kentucky 
InterioroftheCathedraloftheAssumption,
Louisville,Kentucky 
Designsfora‘‘FrameChurch,’’fromaCatholic
churchpatternbook 
St.Patrick’sCathedral,NewYorkCity,NewYork 
Titlepageillustrationfromananti-Catholicpamphlet 
Coverillustrationfromananti-Catholicpamphlet 
ThesignoutsideWesthamptonBaptistChurch,
Richmond,Virginia 
ThespireoftheSecondPresbyterianChurch,
St.Louis,Missouri 
DesignforaCongregationalchurch 
Broad-StreetMethodistEpiscopalChurch,
Newark,NewJersey 
Baptistchapelscene 
St.Mary’sSeminaryChapel,Baltimore,Maryland 
PublicSquare,Elyria,Ohio,showingaPresbyterian
GothicRevivalchurch 
FloorplanofSt.Mary’sEpiscopalChurch,
Burlington,NewJersey 
HanoverStreetCongregationalChurch,
Boston,Massachusetts 
GinterParkBaptistChurch,Richmond,Virginia 
GenericCatholicworshipscenefromaRomanCatholic
guidebookforProtestants 
Advertisementforchurchfurnishings 
InteriorofaMethodistchurchinOrangeCity,Florida,
decoratedforEaster 
MethodistChurchaltarguildseal 
RobedBaptistchoirwithmaleandfemalemembers,
St.Paul,Minnesota 
Tabl(cid:3)
  ChurchConstructionintheUnitedStates 