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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Plain Meetinghouses: Lancaster County Old Order Mennonites Gather to Worship

Plain Meetinghouses: Lancaster County Old Order Mennonites Gather to Worship

Oberholtzer, Beth
Herr, John

Hardcover

General ArchitectureRegional: Middle Atlantic

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ISBN10: 0764353012
ISBN13: 9780764353017
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Ltd
Published: Jun 28 2017
Pages: 232
Weight: 2.60
Height: 1.10 Width: 9.30 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
Old Order Mennonites are deeply faithful, agrarian-rooted, Swiss-German Anabaptists who have called Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, home for 300 years. Their meetinghouses silently embody their religious traditions, and yet few outsiders have seen the startling utilitarian beauty of these rural structures up close. The author and photographer were allowed rare access to 22 austere houses of worship. The result is a one-of-a-kind book featuring over 300 photos and diagrams that document all aspects of the meetinghouses, from the design of their benches and buggy sheds to the arrangement of tables central to worship. As fast-growing Lancaster County encroaches on the Old Order way of life, their communities are changing. This book is a record of an extraordinary religious heritage.

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