 LECTURER/AUTHOR: Frank Greenagel
- LESS STATELY MANSIONS: THE HISTORIC CHURCHES OF HUNTERDON COUNTY
Join Historian Frank Greenagel as he takes us on a powerpoint exploration of the historic churches of Hunterdon County -- their architectural styles, their historic roots and some interesting and quirky facts. Following the presentation, Dr. Greenagel will be signing the new Tricentennial edition of his book "Less Stately Mansions" which will be available for sale. This is the companion lecture for the bus tour that will be visiting some of these churches on Saturday, October 18th; it will be an informative and beautiful presentation for those not able to travel with us on the tour as well as those who are touring and want to see even more churches!
Route 12 County Complex, Building #1, Assembly Space, 314 State Route 12, Flemington
October 14, 2014
Lead by Historian and Photographer Frank Greenagel. Take a tour of some of Hunterdon County's beautiful and historic churches specially selected by Hunterdon Church expert Frank Greenagel. These churches have been picked because they display some of the best examples of historical church architecture or because of their importunateness to the history of Hunterdon County. Most of the churches will be viewed from their exterior only but there will be a couple of churches that will be entered as well.
October 18, 2014
Frank Greenagel has written a dozen books on the architecture of New Jersey, beginning with The New Jersey Churchscape. Recent titles include A Mighty Architectural Shout, A Brief History of Religious Architecture in New Jersey, A Proper Style: tradition and change in the religious architecture of Monmouth County, Steeple Envy, his examination of the churches of Morris County, and Asserting Identity & Legitimacy: the religious architecture of Mercer County.
Greenagel earned his PhD. at the University of Minnesota, where he was a member of the faculty; he also taught at the University of Colorado before leaving the academic world for work as an industrial psychologist for a major conglomerate. He ultimately wound up in book publishing, as the publisher and editorial director of the Academic American Encyclopedia, a multi-volume general encyclopedia and the first digital/online encyclopedia in the world.
He is the author of other books on photography, the ancient ruins of the Anasazi, and the rock art of the American Southwest. |
