Sacred Structures Halifax, Pennsylvania, United States
By SBUX on 10-May-02. Waypoint GC566B

This old church is on the main street of Georgetown in South Australia's mid north. Compared to many churches around here it's quite recent at 1898, most others are up to 30 years older. (The area was only explored, stolen from the local inhabitants and developed since the 1840's.) Most of the country towns around here will have a Catholic church and a "non-catholic" church, choosen from various denominations. The non-catholic are typically Lutheran or various flavours of Anglican. In the early days of settlement the church played an important part of the towns development although it was in some ways it also segregated the communities into "us and them". It didn't look like it was used much with the back entrance boarded up.

This is a church of Halikko.It is build 1626. Church location is Halikko, Finland.

Our church in St.Ive, Cornwall in the U.K.
Built around 1338, it is a very impressive building with a very very tall tower upon which the flag of St.Piren flys.
The church is dedicated to ST.Ivo and in the tower the original town stocks can be found.

chatteroy community church established in 1906 chatteroy ,wa.

The parish Church of St Mary's Thatcham, Berkshire, England. Until recently, Thatcham was a small market village but population has exploded over last ten years or so to some 25,000. We were unable to find any external sign or foundation stone to prove the Church's date, but attached photo of notice in the porch, (if you can enlarge it enough!) shows short document tracing roots back to 1140. Church has been in it's current state since around 1850.

Trinity Church was built March 1905 in an apple orchard. It is located at 501 S Cincinnati in Tulsa, OK. The first pipe organ in Tulsa was installed in the new mission the same year. The little mission grew quickly and became self-supporting & achieving parish status in 1909. The rapidly growing congregation led to the building of a larger church on the corner lot next door. In recent years, Trinity has become known for its "Iron Gate Ministry" which provides food to about 200 street people each day, seven days a week, as well as providing food to needy families each week.

We found this in Chappell Hill, Tx. This is the First Baptist Church.

A nice little country church outside of Albany, Wis., USA

Driving around in Riverside California heading to new cache in area, we stopped by to take this picture of this church that has been here for years. Many homes have been built up around this church. I was getting ready to get out of our car to take picture of sign in front of church, but we noticed three guys watching us closely. After a few minutes they started walking towards our car, we decided that it was time to go. I will return later this week to take picture of sign. TFTC.

This old Anglican church is literally on the edge of the highway, about 40 kilometers south of Geraldton in Western Australia. The church was consecrated on 27th July 1873, but is now obviously disused.

We found this one whilst on a day out caching across Dartmoor, Devon, UK.
The church of St Pancras is aptly named the 'Cathedral of the Moors'. The church spire is a well known local landmark, visible for many miles. The church was originally built in the 14th century, and enlarged over the following two centuries, partly on the proceeds of the local tin mining trade.
The sign didn't depict the age of the building so instead please visit www.widecombe-in-the-moor.com for proof of age!!!
Many thanks, The Hancock Clan

This old church is at Hahndorf, about 40km drive from Adelaide in South Australia. Can't easily decode the German but it must have been built in 1840 or 1880 from the signs. Nowadays Hahndorf is a very German and touristy place from Adelaide for a day trip.

Visited this today and discovered that it is now being converted into a house.

The Carclew church in just outside of Angle Vale, South Australia, and is one of the original churches in the area.

Photo's to be posted shortly.



[This entry was edited by All Cached Up on Thursday, September 23, 2004 at 7:08:20 AM.]

This is St Augustine's Roman Catholic Church in Keilor, an outer suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The church is the starting point for the "History Revealed" cache (GCJZK8). By a coincidence, my niece was married in this church before I was a geocacher.

There is some contention about the date the church was erected. A sign erected by the local historical society says the date was 1863. However, the church's own sign says the date was 1862. Either way, the church is well over 100 years old. It is located on the extreme outskirts of Melbourne, but at the time it was built, it would have been a full day's coach ride from the metropolis.

St John's Anglican Church. Built between 1846 and 1849 it represents an early effort by noted colonial architect Edmund Blacket. This small simple Gothic sandstone church has been little altered apart from a small extension of the nave in the 1860s. It features lancet windows, gables, a small bellcote and projecting porch. There is some notable wrought ironwork and the pews and woodwork are of fine local cedar. An old sconce, indicating the church's antiquity, is on the wall by the pulpit where it lighted the cleric's text. The picket fence and gate with wrought-iron lantern are original.
In 1949 the creek behind the church flooded, reaching approx 4 feet through the church. A plaque inside marks the flood level.

This one's easy since almost every church in good old Europe is older than 100 years
I took the St. Vitus Church in Obermarbach. The exact age is not known but it's dated back into roman times. In the 15th century it has been rebuild into gothic style and ones again 1785 into baroque.
There are two bells hanging in the tower: The first one has been made in 1949 and the second in 1550 (!).

This is the Polish Hill River Church in the Claire Valley South Australia.

The church was built in the 1871 and restored in 1971. The church has become a museum in the past twenty years. The church was dedicated to Saint Stanislaw Kostka.

Polish migrants came to the Claire Valley in the 1850's and settled the area known as Polish Hill.