Photographs In the Valley

[Barbarian]

 

[hawkman]

Must be a historic place , I see a plaque .

 

[Barbarian]

An early mission church. Still in use.

 

[hawkman]

A Church without flashing lights , a stage , a big PA system ? Maybe not even hooked to the grid ?

I would have no trouble worshipping God there .

Any idea how old the Church is ?

 

[Barbarian]

No, I don't really have any idea. I don't remember what was on the plaque.

 

[hawkman]

No, I don't really have any idea. I don't remember what was on the plaque.

1865 ! La Lomita Chapel . I was curious and poked around till I found info .
It is a historic church and it has been in the news because of it's location .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Lomita_Chapel

 

[Barbarian]

Yes, that's it. And I was aware of the previous administration's plans to cut the chapel off from the people who worship there. That plan is now dead, due to court rulings and executive action by the current administration. My shots are better than the Wiki article images.

 

[jasonc]

I was thinking mid to late 19th century

 

[jasonc]

Awfully young for such an old colony of Spain ,given it was built in only 17 years after the Mexican war .

Florida doesn't have Adobe style homes or churches to my knowledge.

That is another thread in how old churches there are and. Styles .

The oldest I believe is in st.augustine .the national guard uses a former monastery built from coquina .that goes back to 1763

 

[jasonc]

I need to create a thread on this and what to look for

 

[jasonc]

That church is over hundred years old

 

[Barbarian]

There was an order of Catholic priests who rode circuit along the river, tending to the faithful. They even had hostels set up in various places to accommodate travelers and the priests of that order.

This one, a few miles away from La Lomita, has since been saved and converted to a meeting center.

A few miles away, at Los Ebanos, there's another old church and a river crossing which is basically a raft on oil drums, pulled along a cable.

 

[jasonc]

There was an order of Catholic priests who rode circuit along the river, tending to the faithful. They even had hostels set up in various places to accommodate travelers and the priests of that order.

This one, a few miles away from La Lomita, has since been saved and converted to a meeting center.

A few miles away, at Los Ebanos, there's another old church and a river crossing which is basically a raft on oil drums, pulled along a cable.

Early ferry .the st, sebestian river before the us1 project or Dixie hwy was crossed that way .

 

[Barbarian]

Early ferry .the st, sebestian river before the us1 project or Dixie hwy was crossed that way .

Hey, it works, as long as the traffic isn't too heavy (in both senses of the term).

That church is over hundred years old

It's a very worthy mission, saving photographic records of these old structures. Good on you for doing it.

 

[Barbarian]

Church I attended growing up:

It's been sold and no longer functions as a church; the population along the river in that area has declined greatly.

 

[Barbarian]

St. Mary's Church Arkansas. It's at the top of a mountain. In the mid 1800s, German immigrants moved the materials up the mountain by mule train, and built this structure. Their descendants still worship there.

 

[Barbarian]

 

[Barbarian]

Over the interior entrance:

A deer was a common symbol for the Church in the 1st century AD. Psalm 42:
"As the deer desires rivers of water, so my soul desires You, O God."

 

[jasonc]

Hey, it works, as long as the traffic isn't too heavy (in both senses of the term).


It's a very worthy mission, saving photographic records of these old structures. Good on you for doing it.

My dad died last december.none of those buildings at present are in danger of demolition.my videos was about where he worked

 

[Barbarian]

Sorry to hear about your father. It's always a hard thing to handle. I wish I had told my father I loved him more than I did.