St Mary's Church

[The Barbarian]

On the southern edge of the Ozark National forest, I found this on a ridge, just above Altus, Arkansas. It looked so great, I thought it was new, but it was actually built in the late 1800s and just recently was completely restored. The parishioners are largely the descendants of the men who built it by muleskinning everything up the mountain.

The inscriptions and stations of the cross in the church are all Latin or German.

 

[The Barbarian]

Pretty much a classic Romanesque church:

 

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This was over the exit. "As a deer longs for a running stream, so my soul longs for thee, my God." A very commonly-used Psalm in the early Christian church.

 

[smoke665]

Very interesting series. Thank you for sharing

 

[shadowlands]

nice looking church.

 

[ACS64]

On the southern edge of the Ozark National forest, I found this on a ridge, just above Altus, Arkansas. It looked so great, I thought it was new, but it was actually built in the late 1800s and just recently was completely restored. The parishioners are largely the descendants of the men who built it by muleskinning everything up the mountain.

The inscriptions and stations of the cross in the church are all Latin or German.

Like the eries a well.

 

[ACS64]

On the southern edge of the Ozark National forest, I found this on a ridge, just above Altus, Arkansas. It looked so great, I thought it was new, but it was actually built in the late 1800s and just recently was completely restored. The parishioners are largely the descendants of the men who built it by muleskinning everything up the mountain.

The inscriptions and stations of the cross in the church are all Latin or German.

Like the eries a well.

Trouble with the "s" key.

 

[The Barbarian]

Wondered about that. Thought maybe the eries was a church or something.

 

[Peeb]

Nice set!

 

[jcdeboever]

These are wonderful