Thursday Doors – June 9, 2022: Old Church

Posted byDawn PalmerPosted inLandscape, PhotosTags:, , ,

For this week’s Thursday Doors, I am sharing recent photos I took of a neighborhood church. I probably mentioned this before, but we have a lot of really old buildings in my town (well, old for southern California). I am sure I have passed this church many times in the last thirty years, but since I don’t attend it, I never noticed how old it was–not until my friend asked me to take photos and videos of the outside for her husband’s garden memorial. The grounds are not huge, but the doors and architecture are ornate, reminding me of European buildings. This is an episcopal church, with roots from the Church of England, which might explain some of the similarities. I found a stone near one of the doors with a date of June 6, 1887, but this is just when the congregation got started as a mission in another part of the town. As the congregation grew, the church moved a few times and built this large stone structure in 1904, after Mrs. Albert Burrage donated the land (side note – the Burrages have an enormous mansion near my house, and when I get a chance, I will take photos and share that equally impressive building).

Decorative doors and arched stained glass adorn the east side of the chapel.
Large stones and arched windows are typical of buildings from late 1800s and early 1900s in the architecture of this region.
Stained glass, designed in Germany in 1893, was moved from the old church to this 1904 building.

The intricately detailed work extends up the building to the gabled roof. The church has a beautiful courtyard and memorial garden too.

Similar detailing and massive stonework carries around to the front of the church. There are matching doors to those in the back.

Western door and arched stained glass match the eastern doors around the other side of the chapel.

Published by Dawn Palmer

I am an avid nature and ecology lover and enjoy sharing my photography in my blog writings. I will often be out early in the morning or late in the evening with my camera, trying to capture the peacefulness and beauty around me.

11 thoughts on “Thursday Doors – June 9, 2022: Old Church”

    2. What a beautiful hometown church with so much history. Never know what you will discover in your own back yard. Interesting pictures and details!

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  4. I also have a ‘thing’ about doors and I can’t definitely see the link with some UK churches. I really must look at church doors more closely when I am on my travels. Fab photos and I love this post! 😊

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