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" Lost churches of Mississippi / "
Richard J. Cawthon.
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1010494
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b764864
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Cawthon, Richard J.
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Lost churches of Mississippi /\ Richard J. Cawthon.
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| Publication Statement
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Jackson :: University Press of Mississippi,, 2010.
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1 online resource (xiii, 240 pages) :: illustrations
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1282917285
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: 160473437X
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: 6612917288
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: 9781282917286
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: 9781604734379
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: 9786612917288
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1604734361
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9781604734362
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-221) and index.
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Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; LOST CHURCHES OF MISSISSIPPI; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Illustration Credits; Index.
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Lost Churches of Mississippi is a collection of archival photographs, postcards, and drawings of more than one hundred notable churches and synagogues vanquished by fire, disaster, development, or neglect. Constructed primarily from the mid-1800s through the early 1900s, these places of worship were often among the most visually prominent and architecturally striking buildings in Mississippi. Storms, floods, tornadoes, flames, bulldozers, or the disbandment of congregations razed what once was hallowed. In Lost Churches of Mississippi, architectural historian Richard J. Cawthon reclaims such n.
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Church buildings-- Mississippi.
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Lost architecture-- Mississippi.
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ARCHITECTURE-- Buildings-- Religious.
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ARCHITECTURE-- History-- General.
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Church buildings.
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Lost architecture.
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Mississippi.
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726.509762
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NA5230.M6C39 2010eb
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