The New Jersey churchscape
Subtitle: encountering eighteenth and nineteenth century churches
By: Frank L. Greenagel.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Church buildings -- New Jersey; Church architecture -- New Jersey -- 18th century; Church architecture -- New Jersey -- 19th century
Description: "Although best known as the Garden State, New Jersey could also be called the Church State. The state boasts thousands of houses of worship, with more than one thousand still standing that were built in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Frank L. Greenagel has selected two hundred of his photographs of these historic landmarks for an examination of why they are sited where they are and why they look the way they do.".

"Greenagel has sought out and included images of not only mainstream Christian churches, but also Jewish synagogues and the places of worship of such religious groups as the Moravians, the Church of the Brethren, and the Seventh Day Baptists. The photographs are arranged chronologically within sections on three major early settlement regions of the state - the Hudson River, the Delaware River, and the Raritan Valley.

For each building, Greenagel details the date of construction, the cultural, historic, and religious influences that shaped it, the architectural details that distinguish it, and what purpose it currently serves."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-240) and index.