Plain meetinghouses : Lancaster County Old Order Mennonites gather to worship / Beth Oberholtzer ; photographs by John Herr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oberholtzer, Beth.

Contributor:

Herr, John P., Photographer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mennonite church buildings--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County.

Mennonite church buildings.

Church architecture--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County.

Church architecture.

Physical Description:

vii, 224 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publilshing Ltd, 2017.

Summary:

"Old Order Mennonites are deeply faithful, agrarian-rooted, Swiss-German Anabaptists who have called Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, home for 300 years. Their meetinghouses silently embody their religious traditions, and yet few outsiders have seen the startling utilitarian beauty of these rural structures up close. The author and photographer were allowed rare access to 22 austere houses of worship. The result is a one-of-a-kind book featuring over 300 photos and diagrams that document all aspects of the meetinghouses, from the design of their benches and buggy sheds to the arrangement of tables central to worship. As fast-growing Lancaster County encroaches on the Old Order way of life, their communities are changing. This book is a record of an extraordinary religious heritage"--provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 222) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gemmill fund bookplate.

ISBN:

0764353012

9780764353017

OCLC:

962436443