Houses of Worship: An Identification Guide to the History and Styles of American Religious Architecture

by Jeffery W. Howe

A guidebook to the architectural styles of American churches and temples, Houses of Worship is highly illustrated with over 1000 color photographs and explanatory line drawings. A survey of American religious architecture, this book is a history of the development of American religious history, a guidebook to assist in the identification of the style of individual buildings based on historical examples of typical buildings, and a travel guide to regional monuments of interesting architecture.

Genres: Architecture

448 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2003

Reviews

[Mark Einselen]

Starting with the cover and continuing inside, this feels like a self-published book. The photographs provide a wide variety of examples across the country and over quite a few time periods.

[Amy Fisher]

It was very interesting full of good information. The pictures could be better, taken in better light to properly highlight the building features. My biggest complaint is the photos didn’t match up with the copy very often. I’m very visual and the photos are helpful, many I had to look to other pages to maybe, or maybe not, find a photo of the spaces written about. But the information is worth the $5 or so I spent on it! I learned a lot.