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Early Churches in South Dakota
Contributor(s): Sebesta, Robert (Author), Almlie, Elizabeth J. (Foreword by)
ISBN: 1941813178     ISBN-13: 9781941813171
Publisher: South Dakota State Historical Society
OUR PRICE:   $26.96  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: August 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | Historic Preservation - General
- Religion
- History | Reference
Dewey: 726.509
LCCN: 2018022087
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 8.4" W x 10.9" (2.11 lbs)
 
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A testament to the people who built them, churches represent shared religious beliefs, local craftsmanship, and community. Members of the congregations often constructed these buildings from readily available materials to fulfill their visions of faith, education, and fellowship. Over time, congregations grew, and some hired architects to erect high style churches on the prairie. From simple wood structures to large stone edifices, each building embodies the identity of its worshippers.

Over the course of several years and many summer-time trips across South Dakota, Robert W. Sebesta photographed more than six hundred religious buildings built from 1869 to 1930ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚"ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚€ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚"many still in use, others long neglected. In Early Churches in South Dakota, he details, decade-by-decade, the early efforts to create these places of worship and the modern-day struggles to preserve them.

Contributor Bio(s): Almlie, Elizabeth J.: - Elizabeth J. Almlie is a Historic Preservation Specialist for the South Dakota State Historic Preservation Office.Sebesta, Robert: - Robert W. Sebesta was born and grew up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado"€"Boulder and a Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University. He taught computer science at the university level for over thirty years and is the author of several textbooks. Sebesta currently resides in Colorado and travels across his home state whenever possible.