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uritan Meetinghouse and Church Architecture, 1630-1830

P. uritan Meetinghouse and Church Architecture, 1630-1830. A Study Sanctity of Place. in. Lori Pastor. My Objectives are to Demonstrate:. The dramatic shift from English church to Puritan meetinghouse The transitional stage between Puritan meetinghouse and Puritan church

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uritan Meetinghouse and Church Architecture, 1630-1830

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  1. P uritan Meetinghouseand Church Architecture, 1630-1830 A Study Sanctity of Place in Lori Pastor

  2. My Objectives are to Demonstrate: • The dramatic shift from English church to Puritan meetinghouse • The transitional stage between Puritan meetinghouse and Puritan church • The final period of the Puritan church Excel Project

  3. The English Experience (Pre-1630) • The Anglican Church • The Origins of Puritanism • The Atlantic Voyage Canterbury Cathedral, England

  4. A “House in which to Meet” (1630-1720) Characteristics: • Plain • House-like • Central • Two Stories • Windows • Square Old Ship Meetinghouse Parson Capen House

  5. Puritan Service & Architecture • Galleries and Benches • Communion Table • Pulpit NO MUSIC ALLOWED Old Ship Pulpit Old South Interior

  6. Old Ship Meetinghouse The oldest extant Puritan meetinghouse

  7. The Transition (1720-1800) Characteristics: • Elongation • Frontal Tower Square to Rectangle Branford Meetinghouse

  8. The Changing Religious Service • Benches to Pews • The Sound of Music

  9. Old South The Transitional Meetinghouse

  10. The Church (1800-1830) Characteristics: • Elongated • Flush Tower • Columns & Cornices • Belfries & clocks compare Litchfield CongregationalChurch Otis House

  11. Liturgical and Denominational Changes • The Puritan • The synthesis between "plain design" and the new religious architecture Split New pulpit Old pulpit

  12. First Congregational Church of Litchfield The Puritan—Congregational Church

  13. Conclusions: The Sanctity of Place “Symbols are powerful. At some points in human history, groups have tried to leave symbols behind. The Puritans eliminated all iconography from their stark meetinghouses, determined to reach God only through their hearts and minds. But symbolism crept back in. Rational, intellectual pursuits of the 20th century are giving way to the human need to express something more than the rational. Hence the quest for spirituality and the rise again of the use of symbols to express that spirituality. “It would be nice if we all understood the symbols of religion in the same way. But in our ever-changing, pluralistic world in which every religious tradition has as many splits and differences as they all do, I don’t think any of the symbols are normative. They all need careful interpretation so that we do not misunderstand each other.” --From Rev. Laurie Hotchkiss, “If These Walls Could Talk,” First in a series of sermons about symbolism, The First Parish in Milton, September 23, 2001

  14. Special thanks to Dr. Thomas Jodziewicz Rev. Laurie Hotchkiss & Tom Thoits Produced by Lori Pastor Selected Bibliography

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