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Submitted: November 3, 2012
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The don't make 'em...by *JeffreyDobbs

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...like this anymore.

This is an HDR shot of the First Congregational Church in Jackson Michigan.

This monumental Romanesque Revival church was erected in 1859 according to plans by architect Horatio N. White of Syracuse, New York. It is this congregation's third church. In 1871 the building was raised eight feet to accommodate lower-level classrooms. In September 1861, on the eve of departing for duty in the Civil War, the "Jackson Blair Cadets" and the Jackson County Rifles gathered with their families in the crowded sanctuary. At Detroit's Fort Wayne the troops joined the Eighth and Ninth Michigan infantries respectively. Beginning in the 1840s with the antislavery movement, the congregation actively participated in social reform--most notably the temperance and civil rights crusades.

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~Avalon4aSixpence Nov 10, 2012

Great history, great photo.

*JeffreyDobbs Nov 12, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Thanks so much for the feedback!

~ela-jackson Nov 7, 2012

*JeffreyDobbs Nov 9, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Thanks for the comment!!

=Wonderer1000 Nov 6, 2012

good perspektive and cut, and I like churches like this!

*JeffreyDobbs Nov 6, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

I do too, I love the old churches.

Thank you very much!

=Wonderer1000 Nov 8, 2012

It is a very good motive I think, the old churches are lovely. I also like abondoned places, but here in Austria we don't have so much, if we want to shoot them we must go to East Europe, Romania and so ...
Have a nice time til next!

*JeffreyDobbs Nov 9, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

You would enjoy Detroit for that.

There are multitudes of abandoned, and sometimes sadly beautiful, buildings here.

Thankfully, the Downtown area of Detroit is turning around... but it has been a very slow process.

I love Eastern Europe from a personal and photographic standpoint... filled with beauty both natural and man-made! I can't wait to come back there... I've visited Romania and Hungary both several times.

I hope you are well!

=Wonderer1000 Nov 9, 2012

Oh this with abandoned places in Detroit I heard already and see somethings in the net and TV. Some pics were like a symbol of the 'end of industrial age'.
I know only Hungary little bit (Budapest, Eger, Debrecen, Puszta), in Romania I've never been but what I have seen in the medias is beautiful and interesting. It is even a shame, cause I am living in Vienna, is not so far.
I am fine, everything at its best, I also hope you and your wife you are both fine.

Until next time!

*JeffreyDobbs Nov 12, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Ahhh Eger! This is my favorite city in Hungary!

I cannot wait to go back there too.

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