Main entry:

Peterson, Fred W., author.

Title & Author:

Building community, keeping the faith : German Catholic vernacular architecture in a rural Minnesota parish / Fred W. Peterson.

Publication:

St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [1998]
©1998

Description:

x, 196 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-192) and index.
ch. 1. Good works and grace -- ch. 2. Structures for work and worship -- ch. 3. Making brinks and building houses -- ch. 4. Distinctive parish farm houses -- ch. 5. Big, beautiful brick houses: a local aesthetic -- ch. 6. Rural piety: family, farm, and church -- ch. 7. Comparisons, conclusions, and a metaphor.

Summary:

"The German Catholic immigrants who founded St. John the Baptist parish on the central Minnesota prairie effected a remarkable transfer of tradition to their new environment. In this study, Fred W. Peterson documents, analyzes, and interprets the community these settlers built between 1858 and 1915. He reveals how their folk culture, aesthetic values, and religious beliefs were directly embodied in the houses, dairy farms, and churches they planned and constructed." "Building Community, Keeping the Faith is compelling reading for students of architecture, religion, immigration, and ethnicity - indeed for anyone interested in the complex influence European culture exerted on the development of America."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0873513681 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780873513685 (cloth ; alk. paper)
087351369X (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780873513692 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Brick houses Minnesota Meire Grove.
Architecture, Domestic Minnesota Meire Grove.
Vernacular architecture Minnesota Meire Grove.
German Americans Minnesota Meire Grove.
Architecture, Domestic.
Brick houses.
Buildings.
German Americans.
Vernacular architecture.
Meire Grove (Minn.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Minnesota Meire Grove.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 210147
Call No.: NA7238.M45 P48 1998
Status: Available