Langley United Methodist

Wooden churches are often devoid of cornerstones, so it's hard to date them. This one is clad in vinyl, so it's even harder. Twenties?

1st Presbyterian, Fordyce

The building, on the National Register of Historic Places, is 100 years old this year, although the church was organized in 1883. 

The windows, I'm afraid, are badly in need of fresh paint.

There's some nice Victorian scrollwork in the stained glass. 

I'm at a loss to explain the deterioration of the lead.  It's not a simple matter of being exposed to the elements.  Since the damage is around the solder joints, I suspect that an acid flux was used when the windows were built and was never adequately washed off.

Lighthouse Church, Glenwood

Crystal Hill, Polk County

According to a nice gentleman who lives nearby, this was a schoolhouse during the week and a church on Sunday. He told me many of the old one room schoolhouses in the area served such double-duty. Consolidation closed the school and folks drifted away to larger churches.

Crystal Hill is east of Grannis.

Church of the Nazarene, Marshall

A unique and beautiful little church. There's usually a cornerstone built into the native rock foundation of a church such as this, but I couldn't find one.

What's not to like here? The pointed arches, the simple but elegant use of stained glass, the paintwork that highlights the glass, the neo-Victorian bell tower...

I have seen this church every time I've driven through Marshall, as Highway 65 bends within a few feet of its back wall.

Quitman United Methodist

There is a cornerstone dated 1881, but I imagine it was from a previous church structure.

This looks to me to be a bell tower, but I have never seen one separate from a church. Anyone know or care to speculate?

Zion Temple C.M.E., Menifee, Conway County

an obelisk steeple