Wooden (Churches)

Wooden Sites:

The Unique Stave Churches of Norway The Unique Stave Churches of Norway: Illustrated feature from Medieval Scandinavia. Includes history, technology, decorated portals, classification. Illustrated descriptions of all surviving examples. (Wooden) http://www.medsca.org/stav_intro.html The Wooden Churches of Eastern Europe: An Introductory Survey The Wooden Churches of Eastern Europe: An Introductory Survey: An illustrated review by Andrew Gregorovich of this book by David Buxton. (Wooden) http://www.infoukes.com/culture/architecture/wooden_churches/ The Wooden Churches of Marmures, Romania The Wooden Churches of Marmures, Romania: An illustrated history from Discover Romania of these churches built in the 17th and 18th centuries without iron nails, yet reaching impressive heights. (Wooden) http://students.missouri.edu/~romsa/destinations/html/wooden_churches.html Petäjävesi Old Church Petäjävesi Old Church: Frank Hellstén describes this World Heritage example of 18th-century Finnish wood architecture for Virtual Finland. Includes's Kari Palsila's 360-degree panorama photographs. (Wooden) http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/petajav.html Stave Church: Medieval Wooden Churches in Norway Stave Church: Medieval Wooden Churches in Norway: Jorgen Holten Jensenius presents his research papers on various aspects of stave churches. Summaries of all articles and full text of some, with bibliography and map of locations. (Wooden) http://www.stavechurch.org/ Odin: The Stave Churches of Norway Odin: The Stave Churches of Norway: Håkon Christie describes these remarkable constructions, richly decorated with carvings. (Wooden) http://odin.dep.no/odin/engelsk/norway/history/032005-990473/index-dok000-b-f-a.html Tabernacle Baptist Church, Beaufort, South Carolina Tabernacle Baptist Church, Beaufort, South Carolina: ICW-NET provides a photograph of this tall-steepled wooden church, built in 1811 in an interesting blend of styles. (Wooden) http://www.beaufort-sc.com/history/tabernbp.htm Wooden Architecture of the Ukrainian Carpathians Wooden Architecture of the Ukrainian Carpathians: Illustrated outline of this book edited by John Hvozda and published in 1978, which covers church and domestic architecture. (Wooden) http://www.lemko.org/lih/wauc.html Wooden Architecture of the Carpathians Wooden Architecture of the Carpathians: The Rural Green tourism Association of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine describes the wooden churches and homes of the region, and their techniques of construction. (Wooden) http://members.aol.com/chornohora/arch.htm The Old Church at Petäjävesi The Old Church at Petäjävesi: The official town site provides an illustrated history of this timber church built in 1763-1764 and now given World Heritage status. Includes a plan. (Wooden) http://www.petajavesi.fi/kirkko/churchen.htm Lithuanian Wooden Church Architecture Lithuanian Wooden Church Architecture: Extracts from a monograph by Dr Alge Jankeviciene on the hundreds of wooden churches, chapels and belfries in Lithuania, illustrated with expandable thumbnail photographs. (Wooden) http://www.omnitel.net/lmsa/index-en.html Samogitian Wooden Churches Samogitian Wooden Churches: Lithuanian lowlanders traditionally built timber churches; some survive from the 18th and 19th centuries. History and photographs provided by the Samogitian Cultural Association. (Wooden) http://daugenis.mch.mii.lt/Samogitia/KULTURA/medbazn.en.htm Historic Church Gets Grant for Renovation Historic Church Gets Grant for Renovation: Savannah Morning News reports that Nicholsonboro Baptist Church, the oldest rural black church in Chatham County, Georgia (US), was awarded a restoration grant. (Wooden) http://www.savannahnow.com/stories/072798/ACCchurchrenovation.html The History of Slash Church The History of Slash Church: Dianne A. Jones provides a drawing, history, description and list of ministers of the oldest surviving frame-built church in Virginia, built in 1729. Hosted by Hanover County VAGenWeb. (Wooden) http://www.rootsweb.com/~vahanove/slash.htm