Gargoyles Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By maccamob on 09-Sep-02. Waypoint GC86C9

I know this is archived and that is why I am writing a note, not a find.

I did however find a tiny gargoyle sitting on a roof in Bisbee Arizona of all places, the kids still had this on the list I gave them a long time ago to search for, so I was asked to post it.

I hope it is ok since we are only doing it as a note.

ShadowAce & Crew
Tucson, AZ

Found a lot of figures at the 'Stiftskirche' in my hometown Kleve, Germany. The church was build from 1341 to 1426.

Many greetings, Thomas

[This entry was edited by geoBONE on Sunday, May 30, 2004 at 2:45:47 PM.]

This cache has had a long and productive life and has achieved its aim of highlighting gargoyles from around the world. We would like to thank all those who have contributed gargoyle photos.

I found those gargoyles in the historical center of Brussel (Belgium).

Hi there,

we forgot to log, cause we were on winter holidays.
We fond many big gargoyles on the cathedral of Mayence/Rhineland Palatine/Germany

This one is located on the federal building in downtown Milwaukee, WI

Finally found one of these elusive critters. Located the gargoyle at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland high atop the Amasa Stone Memorial Chapel. It's joined by three angels on other sides of the chapel. According to one web site on the Amasa Chapel...
"A gargoyle is located on the west top of the tower which students to this day interpret as spitting at their neighbors and rivals at the Case School."
http://architronic.saed.kent.edu/v3n3/v3n3.04.html

Found it on the St. Marien Church in Hagen, Germany

Regards

Weddlia

The Historic Church of Saint Patrick, 130 Avondale Avenue Toledo, Ohio
These two gargoyles guard the entrance of the church and disperse water dumped into them from eves on either side of the entranceway roof. Other gargoles exist in the Toledo Ohio area, however these were the only two functioning ones I could locate. Visit their site for history and more pictures:
http://www.stpatshistoric.org

I was in New York City for a concert with my brother after Thanksgiving, but haven't logged my find until now. New York has gargoyles everywhere on those old buildings. I tried taking pictures of several different ones, but they were too high for my camera to zoom in on. I got this one...the closest shot I could get. It is located at 13th St. and Broadway. It was very difficult getting any reception on the GPS in the city...except in Central park...because of all the buildings in the way. The coordinates should be pretty good though...it took me a while to get a read. There are actully four lion head gargoyles on this building...the water comes out of their mouths.

Found this one in Einbeck, lower saxony, germany.

Einbeck is the german town with the famoust "bockbier".

greetings, quadman

At the Meridian Gallery in Bisbee, Arizona, this gargoyle seems to be straining at his chain leash. While the building probably wasn't originally designed to take advantage of gargoyle roof drainage, the retrofitted 'goyle is installed more or less correctly. Will report back after next heavy rain.

These gargoyles are on the St. Nikolai church in Hamburg, Germany. Unfortunately Hamburg's most beautiful church was destroyed during the Second World War. The remaining parts (after all it's only the tower and part of the choir) are still impressive and represent a memorial against war.

[This entry was edited by cosmic bob on Saturday, November 29, 2003 at 7:04:45 AM.]

Found in Wittingen/Lower Saxony/Germany. Greetings
Thomas

The Sanders Theatre at Harvard University is the location of these great gargoyles. It is located at the corner of Quincy and Cambridge Streets in Cambridge, MA just outside of Harvard Square.

I noticed these guys a long time ago and have always liked them. I'll bet they stick 6 to 8 feet out of the tower of the Bethany Congregational Church, located at the corner of Spear & Coddington Street's in Quincy, Mass.

These gargoiles are on the tower of the church of Korbeek-Dijle, province Vlaams Brabant in Belgium.

Hi!
I found this one at St.Pauli-Church, in my hometown Braunschweig, LowerSaxony, Germany.
Thanks to maccamob for the nice cache.
Best wishes
Hans Richardt

http://www.Hans-Richardt.tk

These gargoyles flank the Jackson Building in downtown Asheville, NC. The building is now used mainly to house law offices.

This four gargoyles are at the top of the Wise county court house that was built in 1895. I tried to zoom in where you could see them better. The courth hosue is located in Decatur Texas.

These are ona curch in Woodbury NJ on Rt 45 near my hous. I've always admired them, sorry the picture is not that good.

What a sppoky fellow on the Oakwood Cemetary Chapel & Creametorium. This is located in Troy, NY. The Haunted cemetary that has Uncle Sam Buried in it.

Revupar

We found this gargoyle at the tower of St.Gangolf in Trier, the oldest town of Germany. This church was built at one side of the market place from the 13th to the 15th century. Greetings from Trier!

These gargoyles are located in Denison, TX on the Katy Antique Station building at the corner of Main and Houston streets across the street from the Denison Depot. For many years this intersection was the most important commercial site in Denison and probably the most exiciting. This part of downtown has been called "The East End" and "Four Corners" and "End of Track" based on it's proximity to the railroad. There were restaurants for hungry, hotels for weary travelers, and saloons for rowdies. This area of Denison is packed with history and a pleasure to visit.

Spotted this guy in a cemetary doing another cache.

We found these gargoyles when we visited Fort Leavenworth. They are located just down the road, on the "Chapel Of The Veterans" gothic style church, built in 1893. Located at the Veterans Administration Center Leavenworth, Kansas. This facility also houses the V.A. hospital, serving the area.

These gargoyles are located at the top op the old church steeple/tower on the old church at Wentworth South Yorkshire. (now mostly in ruins) They are very weathered and their form are hard to distinguish, but are probably demons or the like similar to those found on the nearby new church logged by MikeG.

More information regarding the old and new churches can be found at http://www.wentworthvillage.net/

This gargoyles are in Munich at the "New City Hall", build 1867 - 1881.There are much more gargoyles and dragons around the building. For more information look at http://www.muenchen.de/gallery/index.html (german language only).
The highlight of the building is the carillon, which plays every day (sound example on the homepage).

Diese Wasserspucker sind am "Neuen Rathaus" in München. Um das ganze Gebäude sind diese Fratzen und Drachen angebracht. Höhepunkt am Rathaus ist aber das Glockenspiel, das mehrmals am Tag erklingt.
Historische Daten unter http://www.muenchen.de/gallery/index.html

Thanks for this cache and greetings from Bavaria

T:o)m from Knopfauge

[This entry was edited by Knopfauge on Friday, November 07, 2003 at 2:55:48 PM.]

These demon gargoyles are on each corner of the tower supporting the spire on Wentworth New Church in Wentworth, South Yorkshire. The Gothic style new church was commissioned in 1872 by the 6th Earl Fitzwilliam at a cost of around £25,000 in memory of his parents. It is dedicated to the Holy Trinity, as was the original church.

The church was designed by the leading Victorian church architect James Loughborough Pearson (who later went on to design Truro Cathedral) and has been described by architectural historian Sir Nikolaus Prevsner as "a very fine, sensitive, and scholary piece of Gothic revival".

More info and pictures of church and Wentworth in general available at www.wentworthvillage.net

These gargoyles were found in 's-Hertogenbosch, Holland. "Onze Sint Jan", (Our St. John), is full of it. This big cathedral is very old and the first real church of this town. In 1220 there was at that same place a small church build by the local people themselves, for the church they visited before was not in the centre of the city and for them a long way to walk. There's not much left of that old church for later they build this great cathedral, for and trough the local people, so we still call it ours.

We found that gargoyles in Strasbourg/France.
There are at the side of the big cathedral.
Regards Landmaus

This is a working (i.e., roof-draining) gargoyle on the northwest tower of Watts Hall, on the campus of Union Theological Seminary-PSCE. The school is located at the intersection of Westwood Avenue and Brook Road, in Richmond, VA. Union has another gargoyle, dedicated to Dr. John Trotti, mounted on its William Smith Morton Library. That one, however, is for display only - it drains nothing, not even knowledge.

We found these Gargoyles in Bochum, Germany. They are on the oldest church of Bochum "Peter und Paul"(http://www.propstei-bochum.de/)

Thanks for this cache&
greetings from Germany

Freddy & Claudia

This is a Gargoyle on a 14th century church, in Alvito (Portugal). Its one of the few churches on the Alentejo Province which is completely painted yellow, instead of the usual white.
The gargoyle represents a demon playing panpipes.

West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
This Baptist church can be found on 47th Street in West Philly. Like so many of the older buildings in this area, it has wonderful architectural features. The gargoyles really stand out since there are only 4 of them and they're located high up on the only turret of the church.

About this time last year (Oct 2002), I was in Paris. These shots are from the famous Notre Dame. Since I didn't have my GPS with me, I won't try to claim them as a "find." Just thought I'd share!

Some really cool Gargoyles at the Prague Castle in Prague Czech Republic. I was there in July 2003. We were there and we were geocaching, but I didn't know about this site and get the exact coordinates of the castle, in order to officially count this cache, but I will also share the pics!
Gadget Girl
Austin, TX

The coordinates are to Cache my Czech (Prague)
by CARGOLAX, which is near the area and you can see the castle from this cache.

Found these Gargoyles at Christuskirche in Koblenz, Germany

These gargoyles are located high up on the church 'Marienkirche' in Kaiserlautern, Germany.

Found this one at the city hall of Ulm, South-Germany.
Regards
Schnuffel

These gargoyles are on the Tower Life Building located at 310 South St. Marys in downtown San Antonio, TX. They were pointed out to us while we were riding the bout around te River Walk near thre Alamo.

Found this one in Trier/Germany at a historic building called "Steipe". The gargoyle is directly connected to the roof, little wall around the roof has an historic reason: In front of the Steipe, which was the house of the traders, is the Trier cathedral. This is also the reason for the armoured figures at the frontside. These details refer to the competition between church and citizens in these times.

Gargoyle on back of Biltmore House, North Carolina. Pretty much the only real gargoyle we have on the house since water does flow thu his mouth (I work there). Most of ours are known as grotesques which are solid, no water, but this is one of three real ones on the house. Only visible from Roof Top tour on back side of house.

We found this gargoyle on the corner of the Laguna Gloria art museum in Austin Texas. The Laguna Gloria was once the private villa of philanthropist Clara Driscoll (best known as the savior of the Alamo for contributing over $70,000 of her own money to preserve the Alamo as a historic landmark). She deeded her estate to the Austin art community in 1943.

Scott & Charlotte

Victoria, BC, Canada YESSSS!!! Success at last! I have been watching this for months thinking I would have to do some serious travelling to log this cache, when what to my wondering eyes appear, but a pair of lions oh so dear! A corner I have walked past about a thousand times these last 20 years. This pretty little building was constructed in 1871 as the Bank of Montreal, hard by the site of the northeast bastion of old Fort Victoria, British Columbia. It is now a trendy up-scale clothing store, as is much of our historic downtown. I guess these spouts reflect the bank's attitude of p!$$ on the plebians with no carriages. I tried to get a closeup of the tiny spouts in the lions' mouths, but I can't seem to work the zoom.
Thank you so much for a very interesting challenge and another excuse to stroll and gawk at the buildings like any other tourist.
Cachewidow, v-royd & c-royd

klintstein - please note that the object in your photo is attached to the outside of an existing downspout as decoration, and is not a spout in its own right. This cache is for 'true' gargoyles with a roof-water dispersal function only. Sorry...we have to had to delete your log.

Passed this church during a visit to Aachen in Germany.

Kerstin & Marco

FOUND BY HOTANDSWEATY this time consisting only of Dale. Started a new job today just up the road from Brisbane Boys College Kensington Tce Toowong Queensland Australia. The main school building was built in 1930. A groundsman confirmed that the gargoyles are part of the rain water drainage system, as is further evidenced by the holes in their mouths. Further info about the history of the school and the architecture/design of the school can be found at http://www.toowongwest.org.au/heritage_register/bbc.htm

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There are a lot of gargoyles in the old Hansetown Bremen. Here are two ..
Position: N 53 04.547 E 08 48.458

spuchtfink and faltohr
Bremen / Germany

... the city of the townmusicians

http://www.brementownmusicians.com/
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremen

Three Gargoyles at
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
107 State Street
Albany, New York

This cache has been a true challenge for sometime, we’ve been searching for months! Every time we saw a Gothic style structure we’d look up. We canvassed many buildings big and small, old and older… One day in Simsbury, Connecticut we thought we hit gold…however, research proved the gargoyles were decorative. Passing thru Albany, New York, a 37-minute sidetrack paid out! I’m sure there’s more out there, but they’re not easy to find! While searching for Upjohn architecture I spotted four more gargoyles in Hartford, Connecticut. Suzanne in the St. Peter’s Church office has confirmed the three gargoyles to be functional gargoyles! She sent me some brochures on the church and it’s historical background.
Here are the details and links:

The current St. Peter's Church is the third church in the history of the Parish in Albany, New York. The first, built in 1715, was later replaced by a second edifice in 1802. The current church was built in 1859. Thus, St. Peter's has served as an active center of worship for over 283 years. Today's Church, a classic example of Gothic architecture, is listed in the National Registry of Historic Landmarks. http://www.stpeterschurchalbany.org/

1859-60
Northwest Corner of State and Lodge Streets
Richard Upjohn, Architect
Anglican services were first held in Albany in 1708, primarily for British soldiers and their families. The first church was a gambrel-roofed, masonry structure built in 1715 in the middle of what is now State Street just below Lodge Street. It was replaced by a larger building, designed by Philip Hooker, in 1802. When that structure became seriously deteriorated, Richard Upjohn of New York City was hired to plan a new edifice on the same site. Upjohn was well known as the designer of Trinity Church in lower Manhattan and as an American pioneer in using the Gothic Revival style for religious structures….

…Among the prominent details are three gargoyles, each of which weighs three tons and extend eight feet beyond the walls….

…The alter and reredos (1885) were designed by Richard M. Upjohn; Louis St. Gaudens, brother of Augustus St. Gaudens, sculpted the angels on the reredos.

-Waite, Diana S. Albany Architecture, Albany, New York: Matthew Bender IV and Mount Ida Press, 1993. http://www.albany.edu/museum/wwwmuseum/statestreet/sssbegins.html

.-- Richard Mitchell Upjohn, architect, born in Shaftesbury, England, 7 March, 1828, came to New York in 1829. He attended school until 1846, and then entered his father's office. In 1851 he went abroad for further study, but in 1852 returned, and later entered into partnership with his father. Mr. Upjohn has served on commissions--national, state, and municipal--that have been appointed to consider plans and to devise improvements. Besides his association with his father in various architectural works, he has made many independent designs, among which are the churches of St. Peter, Albany; St. Paul, Brooklyn; Central Congregational, Boston; and the cathedral at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; also the library building of Hobart college, Geneva, New York, the capitol at Hartford, Connecticut, and many other buildings in various parts of the country.
http://www.famousamericans.net/richardupjohn/
Thanks for the sore necks!

We found gargoyles on the church de nieuwe kerk in delft the netherlands.
These argoyles were drakes.
The curch was build in between 1383 and 1510.
www.nieuwekerk-delft.nl

A small gargoyle which being made from Bath Stone has eroded on the west tower of St. Woolas Cathedral, Newport, South Wales. There is a smaller one on the same side with two more on the east side and one on the northern entrance side

In Lorca , in southern Spain , lies an old castle and on the side was some Gargoyles

This gargoyle is at the castle of Vianden in Luxembourg.
For more information on the castle please see:
http://www.castle-vianden.lu/

I found gargoyles at the cathedral of Tongeren, Belgium.

I took those pics during our stay in the Netherlands (in Katwijk) in august 2003.
Also a GPSr-proof!
But unfortunately, I forgot to log it and so I'm going to log it now and I hope that it will not be deleted!
If you check the caches found by us, you will see that we were there in this time!

So once again thank you for not deleting the log!

Team BO

This house has been an oddity for years. This one has gargoyles all over it. I took three pictures, one of the whole house, one shows the ones for carrying off the water and one that shows the ones on the top of the house. Thanks for the find!

Cache Crazy



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This is an antique metal gargoyle on top of the roof of a very old water mill in the small village Mühlen-Eichsen, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Germany.
Greetings,
Balla & Silly

this one is on my Fathers House ....

Jocky

Generator and Kiki - please note that this cache is for 'true' gargoyles with a roof-water dispersal function only. Sorry...we have to had to delete your log.

MtnLion - the gargoyles you found have been logged before by another team. Sorry...we have to had to delete your log.

There are a number of gargoyles on the campus of Virginia Tech (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) in Blacksburg, Virginia. Many of the campus buildings are built in a medeviel style.

There are four gargoyles on Eggleston Hall, a dormitory. This building was built in the 1930s, and is named after Joseph Eggleston, the seventh president of Virginia Tech. This building housed members of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets for over 30 years.

There are two gargoyles on each side of an pass through arch. From what I can tell, the gargoyles drain rain water from the open roof above the arch.

These Gargoyles can you find in Wismar in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.
They represent fishes.
The building ist the Water Art, built 1595-1602. This was the water place for all inhabitants of wismar.

Hi.

I’ve seen that cache and begin to think here I can find a Gargoyle here in Lisbon. I hope that at the National Bibliotheca will be some, at least I suppose so. But suddenly, last Friday I realise that the roof of my job’s place there was plenty of it…[^]
And with signs of it’s funcion…

Tacomahunter - please note that this cache is for 'true' gargoyles with a roof-water dispersal function only. Sorry...we have to had to delete your log.

I was really excited when I saw this cache. I have personally only seen one of these Gargoyles like this and I had no clue there were others!

This one is in WICHITA KANSAS! It drains the water off of the carraige entrance at the Campbell Castle which was built in 1888.

There is another Gargoyle at the peak of the roof above the main entrance & I have a photo of it as well, but the one over the carraige entrance is the one that qualifies!

The castle is now a very nice bed and breakfast. If you are ever in the area you should stop by and take a look or even a nights stay!

These ones were found in the city of Pori, in the western part of Finland. More information on the building, see http://www.pori.fi/english/tourism/juselius.html .

We noticed that these ones do not entirely fill the requirements of this cache so we have only logged this as note.

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Trash-R-Hunter - please note that this cache is for 'true' gargoyles with a roof-water dispersal function only. Sorry...we have to had to delete your log.

On this years summer vacation we passed this little church in Willer-sur-Thur, a small town (pop. 1902, 370m/1214ft a.m.s.l.) in the southern part of Alsace, France. Looking closer we discovered that the lowest row of 'things' on the tower were gargoyles with a roof-water dispersal function as they are connected to the gutters of the church tower.

These Gargoyles are on an 800+ year old Munster located in Freiburg Germany. Found this while on vacation in Germany. We climbed all 320 steps to the top of the Munster.

Gargoyles on the church Aachener Dom. This church combines different building styles, the gargoyles are part of the gothic section. For renovation work at the 1200 annual of the church some of the gargoyles where taken down from the roof.

These gargoyles are located on the University of Oklahoma Campus in Norman Oklahoma. They are on the Bizzell Memorial Library. Built in 1929 and later named for the 5th president of the university, William Bennett Bizzell.

Erwast - please note that this cache is for 'true' gargoyles with a roof-water dispersal function only. Sorry...we have to had to delete your log.

BURRAGE MANSION, BOSTON - BACK BAY NEIGHBORHOOD
Oorner of Commenwealth and Herefort

The year was 1899. The Back Bay was home to Boston's elite, its townhouses the epitome of style and opulence. Albert C. Burrage was an immensely successful entrepreneur and scion of an old New England family. Naturally, his proposed mansion on Commonwealth Avenue would be commensurate with his position and wealth.

A.C. Burrage demanded the finest -- European marble, prized crotch mahogany, exquisite stained glass windows, intricate mosaic tiles. He commissioned Charles Brigham, to design his new home in the manner of the Vanderbilt House in New York, which was in turn inspired by the French chateau Chenonceaux.

A celebrated architect of the day, Brigham was a pioneer of the romantic French Chateauesque style in New England. Not surprisingly, the house he designed was a fitting monument to one of preeminent men of his era.

Albert Cameron Burrage had been born in 1859 in Western Massachusetts, but his family's move West when Albert was three initiated a dual allegiance to Massachusetts and the Western states that continued throughout his life. Educated in California and then at Harvard, Burrage began his professional career in the East, becoming deeply involved with gas interests in Boston and gradually taking an increasingly active role in copper mining. By the end of the century, he had become a true tycoon, a dominant player in both Standard Oil and Amalgamated Copper Company.

But Boston was his home. Active in the city's political and social life, including the Horticultural Society, Burrage maintained his office here and chose Boston for the site of what would be -- and would remain -- one of the outstanding townhouses on Commonwealth Avenue. The Burrage Mansion's conversion to physicians' offices in 1948, 17 years after Burrage's death, was done with sensitivity and respect for an extraordinary property. Even today, nearly 200 griffins, dragons, gargoyles and cherubs still grace the ornate exterior, while the same quality of design, materials and workmanship marks a museum-quality interior that stands waiting for a new generation of residents to appreciate its beauty


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St John's church (Johanneksen kirkko) is the biggest church in Helsinki, about 2600 seats. The church was designed by a Swedish architect A.E. Melander and it was built in 1888-1891. The towers are 74 m high.

Brookfield, Massachusetts USA
This is the Merrick Public Library located at 2 Lincoln St. and the corner of Common St. The Library was built in 1883 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It features only one gargoyle in the top center side wall that faces the Town Common. It was made and molded out of the brick material of that time. An overhang was added and built above it when the slate roof was repaired to help protect it from erosion, but the rain is still funneled in the roof above to the spout in it's mouth.

This the chapel at the University Of Virginia in Charlottesville,VA...the chapel's gothic stone style is out of place considering the rest of the University buildings are in a brick Federal style construction...there is even an urban legend that this church was destined for another school but some how ended up here at UVa...the entire campus (including this chapel) this on the UNESCO World Heritage list...the day I took these pictures the rain had stopped for a few hours and allowed the wedding party going on inside to have a wonderful day!

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These Gargoyles were found on top of the Church Of The Good Shepherd at the itersection of Electric Street and N. Washington Avenue, in Scranton Pennsylvania. The church was founded in 1868. We were looking all over the Scranton area for gargoyles for a week until we came across these in the Green Ridge section of the city. With all the old buildings in the downtown area, we thought we would find one sooner than we thought. It was definately a challenge.

Thanks for the hunt, Papadadio & Family

Biltmore House, Asheville, NC
This amazing place was built in the 1890's by George W. Vanderbilt, grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt. It is said that he came to western North Carolina for his health, liked the view and bought it. It is the largest private residence in the country and still belongs to Vanderbilt's heirs. Check out www.biltmore.com for more information. It is possible to get up close and personal with the gargoyles and grotesques pictured on the Rooftop Tour, when you get to walk along the parapet at the top (we didn't do that one today).

Mary & Mike

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I've been hunting for gargoyles in Finland last 9 months and haven't found them, so i'm pretty sure that they don't exist in this part of Europe...

This gargoyle is on the old bank building in Randwick. It has also been a fire station and Pizza Hut in its time but the gargoyle remains.

The parish church of St Benedict Biscop, Wombourne, Staffordshire, UK, was built by one of the Priors of Dudley about 1170 and has a tower surmounted by a beautiful spire. It has since been repaired in 1816, and enlarged and repewed in 1841. It contains an elegant monument by Chantrey, in memory of Richard B Marsh of Lloyd House, with the figure of Grief weeping over an urn. It has other neat monuments, and a curious old sculpture, illustrative of the parable of the Good Samaritan. It also has superb gargoyles which are renown for spitting on the righteous.

Two huge stone gargoyles loom over the front of Bradley Hall, on the campus of Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois. There is apparently a superstition associated with these gargoyles. It is said that students at the college have been known to pray to them for help in passing exams. I heard this story as a teenager when I lived in the area of the Bradley campus, and I've found at least one reference to it in an article on the web.

GeeMack

Point Loma area of San Diego, California
Private residence, recently added to the City of San Diego register of historic buildings. Gecko Dad is acquainted with the owners who happen to serve an impressive Mongolian barbeque in their backyard from time to time. There are over 20 gargoyles on the various roofs but only the two at the front corners are attached to gutters and serve as drain spouts.
-Gecko Dad

Berjr1. Please note that this cache is for 'true' gargoyles with a roof-water dispersal function only. Sorry...we have to had to delete your log.

When I first saw this cache, I thought it would be easy. Then I read the description carefully. Lots of non-working gargoyles out there- they call them grotesques, I read- but very few working gargoyles. I kept my eyes up for two weeks in Chicago- nothing. Felt sure that a trip to Disneyworld would do it- no! Then a trip to Savanna, Georgia. Incredible architecture.... no gargoyles.

But sometimes the answer is close to home. My son and I were walking in a local park, when he yelled DAD THERE IS A GARGOYLE! and yes it is. Photo a little rough, but it is up there, with ice coming out of its mouth, proving that it is working. This was taken on a cold day in a Chicago suburb. My son still loves looking for gargoyles. Great adventure, thanks!

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I thought this was going to be an easy cache to do but took quite awhile before I could find one with functioning spouts.

This one I finally found in Bern, Switzerland on the Munster Bern Kirche (Church).
N 46 56.833 E 7 27.049

We did climb to the top of the Bell Tower where we could look down on the gargoyles. Of course the bells started ringing while we were up there and it felt like the whole tower was swaying. This church was originally built in the 1400's and has like most old buildings been modified/added and partially rebuilt over the last 600 years. But it is a beautiful old church.

Range-Rover. Please note that this cache is for 'true' gargoyles with a roof-water dispersal function only. Sorry...we have to had to delete your log.

Gargoyles abound on the Parliment Buildings in Ottawa, Ontario Canada. The best example are the ones on the four corners of the Peace Tower. Thanks for the virtual log.

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Gargoyle on the First Presbyterian Church in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Found these 4 gargoyles on the tower of Grace Lutheran Church on 74 E. Broad St. in Bethlehem, PA. They look so cute watching over the city.
Team Jim & Linda
Coopersburg, PA

These four gargoyles are at the top of the recently restored bell tower of the Cathedral Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.This is a beautiful church that for years was noted for its boys choir- I sang there- 50 years ago! Thanks for getting me back to church.

Kodak's4. Please note that this cache is for 'true' gargoyles with a roof-water dispersal function only. Sorry...we have to had to delete your log.


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This church I found in Friesland (Holland) The building is a design of architect Dr. Pen. J. H. Cuypers. The design dates from 30 Octobers 1867 and was its first task in the north from the country. The building style is neogotisch and is geïnspireerd on the medieval gotiek. With the building is begun in 1868; the church were yielded in 1871.



Barny

These gargoyles are located on The House of Charm in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. Inside the building is the Mingei Museum. Look at the picture of the sign to get the history of the Prado area. Gargoyles are not easy to find in So. Calif.!!

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St. John’s Episcopal Church in Northampton, MA has several functional gargoyles near the top of the church tower. They are several stories high. Binoculars reveal the details of winged-dragon like figures.

These gargoyles are on each corner of a church roof in the Village of helpersley Yorkshire UK
According to a fellow who lives next to the church,they have a hole running through them that comes out at the mouth, when the roof guttering gets blocked by leaves and moss these take away the water like an overflow and reduse the problem of the wieght of the water trapped on the roof
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The Gargoyles are at the Schloß Bürresheim in Germany. Unfortnately, only very few are left over. Even though the building is an historic monument, apparently quite a few have been replaced in the last decades by plain pipes.

Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire, UK

A gargoyle at the Eastern end of The Cathedral on a lovely (rare!) warm and dry February day.
Records suggest that the first Minster church in Winchester was built c650, but the vast cathedral church standing today was begun during the latter part of the 11th century, and is the longest cathedral in England. Despite much remodelling and rebuilding some examples of the powerful Norman work still exist in the transepts and the Chapter House. A remarkably strong, vaulted Norman crypt also survives beneath this east end, and is accessible at times when it is not flooded.

William Walker is known as 'the diver who saved the cathedral'. In 1905 several cracks appeared in the south and east sides of the church and it was feared that the building might collapse unless major underpinning of the foundations was carried out. Already an extremely difficult task, it was made worse because of high water levels preventing access to the 11th century timber rafts. Walker was employed to work up to six hours a day, often in 20ft of water, and in total darkness for a period of some six years. If it hadn't been for the diving teams tireless dedication to the job in hand, the cathedral, and this little chap might have been lost forever.

For further details of this famous Cathedral visit the official site
http://www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk/