Gallery: Divine Photos of America's Most Epic Churches

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    Christoph Morlinghaus
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    First Presbyterian Church "Fish Church" Stamford, Connecticut. Architect: Wallace K. Harrison.
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    Christoph Morlinghaus
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    Kramer Chapel, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Architect: Eero Saarinen.
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    Christoph Morlinghaus
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    Kramer Chapel, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Architect: Eero Saarinen.
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    Christoph Morlinghaus
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    The roof of the United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel, Colorado Springs. Architects: Walter Netsch / Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
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    Christoph Morlinghaus
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    Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove, Orange County, California. Architects: Philip Johnson, John Burgee.
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    Christoph Morlinghaus
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    Beth El Synagogue, Detroit, Michigan. Architect: Minuro Yamasaki, who was the architect of the Twin Towers in New York City.
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    Christoph Morlinghaus
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    Mariendom, Neviges, Germany. Architect: Gottfried Böhm.
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    Christoph Morlinghaus
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    The First Christian Church (originally known as the Tabernacle Church of Christ) in Columbus, Indiana. Architect: Eliel Saarinen.
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    Christoph Morlinghaus
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    The North Christian Church, Columbus, Indiana. Architect: Eero Saarinen, who is son of Eliel Saarinen, architect of Columbus’ First Christian Church (see previous slide).
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    Christoph Morlinghaus
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    Thorncrown Chapel, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Architect: E. Fay Jones.
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    Christoph Morlinghaus
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    Portsmouth Abbey, Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Architect: Pietro Belluschi.
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    Christoph Morlinghaus
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    Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption, San Francisco, California. Architects: Pier Luigi Nervi, Pietro Belluschi, John Michael Lee, Paul A. Ryan, Angus McSweeney.
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    Christoph Morlinghaus
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    St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota. Architect: Marcel Breuer.
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    Christoph Morlinghaus
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    MIT chapel, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Architect Eero Saarinen. Here, Morlinghaus photographed a Harry Bertoia sculpture hanging in the center of Saarinen's MIT chapel.
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    Christoph Morlinghaus
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    Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Church, Muskegon, Michigan. Architect: Marcel Breuer.
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    Christoph Morlinghaus
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    The organ of the United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel, Colorado Springs. Architects: Walter Netsch / Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
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