This Old Church definitely makes its way into my Top 10 favorite categories (along with The Holocaust, Lucky 7, American Civil War Monuments and Memorials, U.S. National Register of Historic Places, Photos Then and Now, NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings, Zippy the Pinhead, American Guide Series & Lincoln Highway with an honorable mention to Roadside Attractions). Something about these old places of worship brings out the history sleuth in me. I have gone to great length to recover the history of the various churches I have posted, although sometimes I have been unsuccessful.
Finding these old churches also gives me an opportunity to cross post. I look for everything possible and I am sure I always miss something. The big ones I look for are the bell towers, the front doors, crosses, cemeteries, historic markers and signs, NRHP/contributing, specific religious denomination category, Photos Then & Now, spire/benchmarks, stained glass, gates and cornerstones. I usually can get a Lucky 7 from the older churches I visit.
I recently noticed BruceS reached 300 submissions for the This Old Church category as well as yours truly reaching 100. Nice!! So, I got to thinking, who are the main contributors for this category? I did a query. So, here is a list of the leading submitters for the category.
- BruceS 300
- Math Teacher 101
- Marine Biologist 75
- flipflopnick 61
- Norfolk12 84
- silverquill 140
- Brentorboxer 95
- onfire4jesus 40
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ReplyDeleteInteresting to read your thoughts on the 'game'. I sometimes worry if it can become too obsessive?
ReplyDeletehint: I always like to follow blogs which mention me.