Unitarian Memorial Church, 1904 ~ an architectural journey in Gothic Design, Fairhaven Ma.
Driving around I always see this magnificent church. One day I decided to stop and get a good look at these ornate designs. Stone carved faces peek out at you around every corner.and you really do feel like you are transported into another time. Check out the intricate carving out of bronze as well. There is always something to see and a story to be told... Happy Exploring ????
The Unitarian Memorial Church in Fairhaven Massachusetts was built, financed and donated to the Unitarians in 1904 by Henry H. Rogers in memory of his mother, Mary Eldredge Huttleston.
The church was designed by Boston architect Charles Brigham in a Gothic Revival style. It is one hundred fourteen feet in height, one hundred feet long in body and fifty-three feet wide. The nave is thirty-two feet wide and seventy-one feet long. The main aisle is sixty-two feet long and six feet wide. The church, parish house and former parsonage (now Harrop Center) of the Unitarian Society are so placed as to form three sides of a quadrangle, set among well-kept lawns and shrubbery.
Granite (locally quarried) with Indiana limestone form decorative carvings which dominate the exterior while marble and limestone carvings dominate the interior. All stonework artistry was created by forty-five Italian craftsmen brought in to Fairhaven.
At the south entrance to the sanctuary are the great bronze doors, extremely rich in design, each leaf is solid bronze weighing 2 1/4 tons. Following the Gothic outline of each leaf is a series of niches. Those on the exterior are canopied, each containing a finely modeled figure nine inches high. The thirty-eight statues represent great characters in the history of Christianity, covering a period of nineteen centuries.
The stained glass windows are the work of American Impressionist artist, Robert Reid. They cover the theme of the birth of Jesus in the Memorial Window utilizing color and shading from cool blues to warm earth tones through the nine clerestory windows from East to West. Seven of these windows are titled with one of the Beatitudes (or Blessed Be's) which Jesus was teaching his Disciples as illuminated in the glorious twenty-four foot high Sermon on the Mount window located on the west wall. One notable effect of the windows is the natural flesh quality in the figures. Two years were spent in their design and execution. These stained glass windows were Reid's most prized work, a masterpiece set and his only effort in stained glass.
Behind the Photo with Peter Pereira: Winter Wonderland
PeterPereira.com
Today I take you to the top of the Unitarian Church in Fairhaven, MA to get a birds eye view of the snow accumulation recent storms have had on the area.
Fairhaven Massachusetts Bankruptcy Lawyers call 1-888-505-2369
Call 1-888-505-2369 filing bankruptcy chapter 7 filing for bankruptcy chapter 13 Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Attorney Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Lawyer chapter 11 bankruptcy laws Fairhaven Massachusetts
Fort Phoenix, Fairhaven, MA 1982 Walking Tour 2/2
This 1982 video Features the late Donald R. Bernard, historian, author and Fire Chief. Bernard takes us on a walking tour of historic Fort Phoenix like no other tour guide could do. From it's early days in battle, and details of were important structures once stood, this vintage clip will take you back in time to Fairhaven's most historical sight and National Landmark. This was the first Public Access program in Fairhaven and was produced by Skip Tenczar, it was cablecast in September 1982. (Fairhaven no longer has a public access channel) PART 2OF 2
Fairhaven 1991 Homecoming part 5 /5
1991 Fairhaven Homecoming Day 5/5 Digitally restored from the MLBaron Historic Archives. Turn back the hands of the clock TWENTY YEARS! See friends, neighbors, teachers, classmates, town notables, kids and maybe even yourself from the Summer of 1991! Bring back some fond memories and a look back at some that are no longer with us. MLBaron at the mike. (5 part series.)
Rose-Saylor Wedding Ceremony
The Wedding of Nathan and Tammy Saylor
Ceremony
Sunday, May 30, 2010, 3:00pm
Second Congregational Church Of Cohasset
43 Highland Avenue
Cohasset, Massachusetts
First Christian Church Service from March 3rd, 2019
Worship Service @ 219 West 27th Street
Transfuddled to Transfigured Sermon
New Bedford, MA
Heres a clip of my city's pier 2. They call it the Whaling City for the history of whale catching back in the day!
Worcester Organ - It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (sometimes rendered as It Came Upon a Midnight Clear) is a poem and Christmas carol written by Edmund Sears, pastor of the Unitarian Church in Wayland, Massachusetts. Sears' lyrics are most commonly set to one of two melodies: Carol, composed by Richard Storrs Willis, or Noel, adapted from an English melody. In 1850, Richard Storrs Willis, a composer who trained under Felix Mendelssohn, wrote the melody called Carol. This melody is most often set in the key of B-flat major in a six-eight time signature. Carol is the most widely known tune to the song in the United States.
In the United Kingdom the tune called Noel, which was adapted from an English melody in 1874 by Arthur Sullivan, is the usual accompaniment.
Discussion on Historic 1717 Pulpit Bible
Senior Minister Rev. Nancy S. Taylor discusses Old South Church in Boston's 1717 Pulpit Bible.
Casa dos 'Botes' demolished in New Bedford
The Casa dos Botes on North Water Street is demolished to make way for a planned expansion of the Whaling Museum, set to break ground in mid-May 2014.
Breakneck Ridge & The Cornish Estate Ruins
Let me just start by saying this was a phenomenal explore with a pretty strenuous hike to the top of Breakneck Ridge. The name is quite accurate, lol. The actual Cornish Estate ruins are less than 2 miles in so you hit that first. As you make your way up the mountain you run into the old dairy farm and then the summit is about an hour or so from that point.
I left my house just after 1am to arrive at the trailhead before the sun came up so I could hike and have the place to myself. It started to rain halfway through the explore but I was already into it and just kept going. I was extremely humbled by the breathtaking fall colors and a view to die for. Thank you so much for your time and joining me on another epic hike. Happy Exploring ????
Tucked away in the woods of Cold Spring, NY stands a hauntingly beautiful collection of ruins called Northgate (or the Cornish Estate). In 1917, Edward J. Cornish and his wife Selina acquired the 650 acre estate from a Chicago diamond merchant, Sigmund Stern. Stern built the estate the decade before, but to this day no one knows who the architect was. In 1938, the couple died within two weeks of each other, with Edward dying at his desk in NYC. The estate remained under the care of Cornish’s nephew Joel until a fire destroyed the majority of the mansion in 1956.
In 1963, the Central Hudson Gas and Electric bought the property with thoughts of building a power plant on Breakneck Ridge (now another popular hiking trail and stop on the Metronorth). But by the late 1960s, Northgate luckily became part of the Hudson Highlands State Park
After stumbling up the famous “Bull Hill,” you will have to hike another few miles before seeing the first part of this estate, The Dairy. Former home to Cornish’s prize-winning Jersey Cows, a good part of a large cattle barn remains intact. Alongside a small farm building and what is thought to be a garage, old pieces of farm equipment have been left to rust and rot.
The mansion itself is something straight out of a movie. Giant stone walls surround you as you make your way around what was once one of thee premier properties of the Hudson Highlands. Over 50 years later, you can still see the ashes from the fire scattered atop the remaining tile work. Floors of fireplaces are stacked on top of each other, leaving one to imagine who slept in these rooms and looked out on to the Hudson River.