Alan K. Lathrop

A nicely illustrated guide to 108 old and contemporary churches in my home state. I wasn't paying much attention to churches when I was growing up, so all but a few are fresh to me. The photography (by Bob Firth) is excellent and there are a dozen color plates as well as the fine black-and-white images. The author has done a better job than I have of tracking down the churches architect and builder in most cases, and far more congregations in Minnesota have obtained National Register designation than New Jersey. The architectural idiom is not much different than we would find in the mid-Atlantic, but, on the whole, fewer of these churches are crowded into small lots, even when they are located in the city. If you have a connection to Minnesota, or just are interested in the religious architecture of the country, this is warmly recommended.… (mehr)