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This is St. Paul's Church in the historic company town of Port Gamble, Washington, site of a very busy and profitable lumber mill from 1853 to 1995.
"St. Paul's Church sits on a sloping grass bluff overlooking the waters of Port Gamble Bay. The church, built in 1879, is modeled after a church in the Maine hometown of Port Gamble's founders. The meticulously restored church boasts 8 cathedral stained glass windows, original pews and a domed altar area. One of the most photographed buildings in the area, the picturesque church steeple houses the original church bell, and wedding couples thrill to the sound of the church bell ringing as they are pronounced Husband and Wife".
Quote above from a web site for planning your wedding at Port Gamble.
In case anybody is interested, here's the site: http://www.portgambleweddings.com/default.asp?ID=21
Bill
"Bell X-1B ~ for Neil and Rob"
Comments (32)
wow...a grand building
Beautiful and inspiring photo
Super shot, but one question? I´ve noticed that many "old" buildings in america are built from wood, why is this?,
This is SO American! Marvellous photo!
Beautiful photo of the classical American rural/small town church. Interesting with the symetry. I assume the black thing to the right of the steeple is a smoke stack. Would be fun to see the inside, too. Probably nice and comfy. So, the abandoned saw mill from the other day is in Port Gamble. Thanks for the nice post. :-)
Superb shot well taking Great POV too... ;-)
Maravillosa imagen. Colores delicados y bien encuadrada. Genial!!!!
Bill this is SUCH a spectacular post just because the building is sooo pretty and the POV ROCKS!! I hope you and Tara had a beautiful Thanksgiving day if you celebrated...we had ours Saturday before Rob left..it was his first!!! :-)
What a perfect capture, which is harder than one might think given the height of the place! Beautiful, and thanks for the information!
excellent architectural shot
Beautiful church, shame it has to have a chimney which breaks up the lovely lines.
This looks like a wonderful place to get married! Such a pretty, pretty building. Hmm...so the founders came from Maine. Will have to do some research on that. I may not get to Washington, but I'm right next door to Maine, LOL.
Beautiful church, love the church bells!!!
Fabulous capture and pov Bill a really lovely building!!
Lovely photo of an inspiring church, Bill! Superb! A Happy Thanksgiving to you and Tara! :-D
Okay, I am going to watch my 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' tonight... Brad and Janet could be walking down these stairs! Your symmetry on this is perfect, Bill! Very historic, Clive
Super pov! I know how hard it is to get a decent shot of this church, having tried several times myself. You've done an excellent job with this! (They couldn't have picked a worse color for the climate, could they?) In any event, you took a difficult subject and made it look great. Really fine work!
agree with Richard
What a lovely looking church. SO very beautiful.
great shot
What a great POV, Bill... Makes this look so impressive.. A church in the classic American style (as I am getting used to now! lol) This is good one! Love it! Rob PS: Will write soon mate, take care...
very nice!!
Beautiful POV for this excellent capture! :)
Stellar POV, perspective, clarity, and detail on display in this utterly cool photo, Bill.
What a mavelous building, love the stepped steeple.So good to know this historic building is still in use.This venue would make that special day even more memorable.
Great perspective of this beautiful Church! Great info ! Must be a great feeling the sound of the bell at the right time !!!!!
wonderful photo!!
Great photo Bill!
Neat building!!! Nice shot!
this is wonderful shot of this old place