Architectural Church Plans for Methodist Churches 1889

Architectural Church Plans for Methodist Churches 1889

Author: Methodist Episcopal Church

Year: 1889

If you've ever had a sense of déjà vu after seeing churches in different places, you are not alone. "As you drive through the country you'll see churches and say, 'Gee, that church building looks a whole lot the one in the previous town.' It is." The secret behind the similarities is this: a catalog of Methodist church plans first published in 1870, decades before the store Sears created its iconic catalog of ready-to-build homes in the U.S. In response to explosive growth at the turn of the 20th century, the Methodist Episcopal Board of Church Extension published plans created by architect Benjamin D. Price.