This week's church is the First Baptist Church on Cleveland Street right in the middle of downtown Durham. C and I went on a picture-taking drive after our own church let out this afternoon and it seems like we kept circling around and ending up at this church. Endangered Durham has a history of the building here. And while I was reading about it I also came across an interesting modern history of the congregation here.
A neoclassical temple-form, this church building dates to 1927. An old postcard featuring the church:
Besides looking at churches, I like to read about them too, and it was interesting to read about this one. C was telling me that the US has more churches per capita than any other nation. I believe it. Sometimes when I'm driving around and see a tiny church in the middle of a tiny neighborhood, I am amazed that enough people attend it to keep it open. I guess this church doesn't have that problem. It's pretty huge and prominent.
Anyway, I've got several pictures of churches to post in the upcoming weeks, so I promise I will do it. Mostly I have been busy working in my garden, and I sort of feel like doing a blog post about all the plants I'm growing... but I don't know if it will be interesting to anyone but me! But seriously, there is a wild foxglove growing in my garden!
