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A (disputed) story goes that a community wanted a church house and tasked a likely local to get it built. He protested that the only thing he knew how to build
by freeopinion 3y ago
A (disputed) story goes that a community wanted a church house and tasked a likely local to get it built. He protested that the only thing he knew how to build was sailing ships. So in 1868 they built an upside down ship and called it a church. The Pine Valley chapel is still in operation today in the mountains of southern Utah.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Valley_Chapel_and_Tithing_Office https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Valley_Chapel_and_Tithing...
https://www.intermountainhistories.org/items/show/485 https://www.intermountainhistories.org/items/show/485
- dddddaviddddd 3y agoMy understanding is that roofs of church naves in the style of a ship's keel are fairly common: https://www.google.com/search?q=keel+nave+roof+church&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=keel+nave+roof+church&tbm=is... The metaphor is that the Church is a ship that protects and carries its congregation.
- JasonFruit 3y agoThe same story was told about a chapel that was part of the Little Norway museum in Wisconsin. I think these stories might be completely made up in response to the ship-like style of the roof.