Tupper Lake Baptist Chapel

Tupper Lake Baptist Chapel,
(photo May 16, 2011)

First Baptist Church, Bolton Landing

First Baptist Church, Bolton Landing 1806
(photo 10/1/10)

The sign gives a date of 1806 for this congregation and it seems possible that the core of this building could date that far back. There have surely been many changes in Bolton since then.

Lake Placid Baptist Church

Lake Placid Baptist Church
(photo 3/31/11)

You can tell this is a church and not a strip mall by the cross above the entry.  Looks like they have satellite cable! Free wifi?

By the look of it I would guess this was built in the 1990's, give or take. I guess newer churches are not about uplifting architecture, but about the mission.

First Baptist Church, North Creek

First Baptist Church, North Creek
(photo 9/24/2010)

Apparently Baptists have little interest in providing excess information about their churches. A cursory search of the internet provides little information and there is nothing in Adirondack Churches about this building.  The lack of adornment speaks to the frugality of the parish; a straight, up-right, square and solid building, mind-ful of symmetry. Note the false third story windows on the steeple and the simple practical shed roof over the entry.

Genesis

In the course of our work we spend a lot of time traveling around the Adirondacks and occasionally going into churches to quote on work. I love the architecture of these  houses of worship, the vernacular quality, the sometimes unexpected detail and what all this says about the people of the various parishes, of the  Adirondacks, but also of the changes in the way people think of themselves and the world around them as expressed through some of the most prominent buildings in their communities.

 At some point I got the idea that it would be an interesting project to document all the churches within the Blue Line in a one year period. I started taking pictures of some of these structures with the intent of doing a book, a set of portraits of those buildings; but I'll never get to a book with all my other projects so I'm starting this blog in order to put this information somewhere that may be useful to someone in the future.

So here is my first church. No particular reason for this church except that it was the first I came across on my hard-drive. My intent is to simply post a picture of the building as it exists now. These are not intended as portraits; I'm not trying to pretty these up, I want to show the power-lines, the cars the roadside trash, whatever is there at the time.

 My hope is that others will add information about these structures.

This is the Linwood Baptist Church in the Town of Hadley or maybe Day near Stewart Pond and the Conklingville Dam in northern Saratoga County. Photo taken October 25, 2008.