Gothic churches maintenance and repairs

[Kielbasi]

It appears Episcopalean to me. Perhaps, like many Protestant Churches, their community bought it out when another which originally built it left.

You’re wrong on that, the church was built almost 100 years ago by the same congregation that occupies it today.

If you want to see a real ‘Catholic looking’ church which isn’t in Pittsburgh, take a look at the East Liberty Presbyterian Church.

 

[kleary]

What I can tell you is that to maintain and restore what you see as a “Traditional Catholic” style church is extremely expensive.

I often go to confession as St. Nicholas of Tolentine in Atlantic City when I feel the need to. stnicholasac.org/

The church building is being completely repaired. The stain glass windows being replaced with new ones and every piece of granite stone removed and put back with new mortar. Presently the entire building is encased in metal scaffold which will remain for one year while the restoration is done.

The restoration project is over 3 million dollars. And do not worry, the church building is protected by the State of NJ as an historic site which prevents the modernists from wreckovating it even further than was done in the past. (In the 1960’s the high altar was pulled away from the reredos, pulpit removed and two lecterns added. No further modifications are now allowed- the communion rail cannot be removed and no statues or crucifix can be removed either)

Ken

 

[JKirkLVNV]

Many old Baptist churches (and other Protestant churches) are quite ornate (relatively speaking), esp. in the south. Why? Because they draw on the same cultural and historical antecedents as we do in terms of architecture.