Tallest Churches/Religious Buildings in the western hemisphere - Page 2

LMich · #21 Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 3:45 AM**

Fort Street Presbyterian - Downtown Detroit - 265 feet tall

Anson Redford

kevin bruff

pj3000 · #22 Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 3:46 AM**

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They just added the bell tower to the Dallas County courthouse as well. They either didn't finish towers or took the towers down due to Dallas' horrible soil and settling conditions. The majority of the city sits on seam of fat gumbo clay.

Yeah, I used to live in Dallas in the late 90s/early 200s and neither of those buildings had their towers then. When I returned for the first time a few years ago, I was like "what the hell?", not sure if I just never noticed them having towers before, even though I worked downtown and saw those buildings all the time.

ColDayMan · #23 Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 3:49 AM**

Cincinnati's tallest church, St. Lawrence in East Price Hill at around 250~ish.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UHXbhyJwAp...nce+Church.jpg

http://rackphoto.com/pp/wp-content/u...rence-icon.jpg

2nd tallest church: St. Francis DeSales in East Walnut Hills at 230 feet.

http://urbanqueer.files.wordpress.co...pg?w=450&h=338

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_F...nnati,_Ohio%29

pj3000 · #24 Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 3:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by LMich

Fort Street Presbyterian - Downtown Detroit - 265 feet tall

Anson Redford

That's a beauty. Like those flying buttresses. Very Presbyterian.

SkyscrapersOfNewYork · #25 Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 4:37 AM**

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, (LA)

http://thebesttraveldestinations.com...-Angels-03.jpg

Cathedral of Saint Paul, National Shrine of the Apostle Paul (St. Paul, Minnesota)

http://www.wallpaperweb.org/wallpape...a_1280x960.jpg

Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church(Fort Lauderdale, Florida)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ted_States.jpg

pj3000 · #26 Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 4:40 AM**

Saint Joseph Oratory - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
129m (423 ft)
Dalbé Viau, Alphonse Venne, Lucien Parent, Gérard Notebaert, Dom Paul Bellot
1967
-tallest church in the New World

http://templeschurches.com/saint-josephs-oratory-montreal/

LMich · #27 Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 4:41 AM**

SkyscrapersOfNewYork, properly provide a citation for those photos.

SkyscrapersOfNewYork · #28 Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 4:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by LMich

SkyscrapersOfNewYork, properly provide a citation for those photos.

oops sorry,you'd think id get it right after awhile...fixed...

pj3000 · #29 Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 4:52 AM**

Hollywood United Methodist Church - Los Angeles, CA
46m (151 ft)
Thomas Barber
1930

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vitodimario/

pj3000 · #30 Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 4:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by SkyscrapersOfNewYork

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, (LA)

http://thebesttraveldestinations.com...-Angels-03.jpg

Why?

This is not close to being the tallest church in LA.

SkyscrapersOfNewYork · #31 Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 5:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by pj3000

Why?

This is not close to being the tallest church in LA.

because...........its badass

pj3000 · #32 Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 5:13 AM**

Saint Stephen Church - New Orleans, LA
61m (200 ft)
?
1887

http://goodshepherdparishnola.com/content/view/1/2/

pj3000 · #33 Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 5:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by SkyscrapersOfNewYork

because...........its badass

Well then please start a thread for "badass" churches and try to leave this one for the tallest churches, as was kindly requested at the start. Thanks.

Ch.G, Ch.G · #34 Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 6:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by LMich

Fort Street Presbyterian - Downtown Detroit - 265 feet tall

kevin bruff

Whoa, that vaulting is pretty crazy. It looks sort of like something Viollet-le-Duc might have conceived.

KevinFromTexas · #35 Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 7:21 AM**

St. Mary's Cathedral in Austin
129 feet
Built 1884
Nicolas Clayton
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2231834...ol-795326@N20/

KevinFromTexas · #36 Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 7:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by SkyscrapersOfNewYork

Riverside church (tallest church in the U.S)

http://www.medhanialem.org/Pictures/...ide-church.jpg

Actually there's the Chicago Temple Building which is 568 feet tall. It's the tallest church building in the world.

LMich · #37 Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 8:54 AM**

St. Mary Roman Catholic Cathedral, Lansing, Michigan - 144 feet tall

Eridony

St. Andrew Roman Catholic Cathedral, Grand Rapids, Michigan - 200 feet tall

creed_400

Donniemessenger

SkyscrapersOfNewYork · #38 Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 11:36 AM**

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Actually there's the Chicago Temple Building which is 568 feet tall. It's the tallest church building in the world.

true though Riverside Church is the tallest "church only" building in the US.

brickell · #39 Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 1:44 PM**

Another guess, but I'm going with the LDS Temple for Orlando. It claims to be the 2nd biggest temple on the east coast. I suppose it's up on a hill, but they light it up at night and it can be seen for miles and miles.

src: http://myconstructedreality.wordpres...egory/temples/

Steely Dan · #40 Posted **Mar 15, 2011, 2:28 PM**

I just want to promote an architectural marvel from my hometown of wilmette, IL (chicagoland). this is the Bahai house of worship, and while it only stands 191' tall, it's by far the tallest building in wilmette, and a landmark of the entire north shore area.

view from the lake:

source: me

the inside of the dome, known as "the dome of light""

source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...omeOfLight.jpg