The two main churches I found in Delavan are nice examples of Revival architecture in Nineteenth-Century America. The first church is a simple, but elegant Gothic Revival structure on the main street of the town.
The church features a wooden belfry I often see in rural churches; I wonder whether it would have originally been painted white, though.
The second church is a sleek example of Romanesque Revival style, though its massing is more like that of a Gothic church.
The brick is in beautiful shape, and I wonder if it was imported from St. Louis.
Like I mentioned above, the round windows are more typical of a Romanesque church, but yet it feels overall like a Gothic church as far as its proportions. It would be interesting to know why the architect took such an interesting eclectic approach to the design of the church.
The two main churches I found in Delavan are nice examples of Revival architecture in Nineteenth-Century America. The first church is a simple, but elegant Gothic Revival structure on the main street of the town.
The church features a wooden belfry I often see in rural churches; I wonder whether it would have originally been painted white, though.
The second church is a sleek example of Romanesque Revival style, though its massing is more like that of a Gothic church.
The brick is in beautiful shape, and I wonder if it was imported from St. Louis.
Like I mentioned above, the round windows are more typical of a Romanesque church, but yet it feels overall like a Gothic church as far as its proportions. It would be interesting to know why the architect took such an interesting eclectic approach to the design of the church.
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