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Places of Worship, Religious Buildings

Churches, synagogues, temples, mosques, assemblies, meetings and other places of worship and prayer. This category also includes buildings no longer used for their original religious purposes.

Agudath Israel Etz Ahayem Synagogue Montgomery Montgomery County Alabama 36111 Agudath Israel Etz Ahayem Synagogue is a conservative synagogue serving mostly Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews. The Synagogue was built in 1957.

Andrews United Methodist Church and International Mother's Day Shrine Grafton Taylor County West Virginia 26354 The first Mother's Day was celebrated here on May 10, 1908 inspired by Ann Jarvis, who had been active in Mother's Day campaigns for peace and worker's safety and health since end of American Civil War.

Beth Hillel Synagogue Bloomfield Hartford County Connecticut 06002 Beth Hillel is a Conservative egalitarian synagogue organized in 1952. The synagogue was dedicated in 1965, with expansions in 1986 and 1989. Beth Hillel has developed into one of the larger Conservative synagogues in the greater Hartford area.

Beth Sholom Synagogue Elkins Park Montgomery County Pennsylvania The only synagogue ever designed by famed architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, Beth Sholom is Hebrew for House of Peace. Its steeply inclined walls of translucent wire glass and plastic are meant to represent both a mountain and a tent.

Bethel Baptist Church, Parsonage, and Guardhouse Birmingham Jefferson County Alabama 35207 The Bethel Baptist Church, Parsonage, and Guardhouse are associated with the first organized movement of the modern civil rights movement. The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights was headquartered here from 1956-1961.

Bnai El Synagogue Logan Logan County West Virginia 25601 Dedicated in 1947, this was the first and only permanent synagogue building in the city of Logan. The congregation disbanded in 1992, and the building now serves as a day care center.

Bnai Jacob Synagogue Charleston Kanawha County West Virginia 25311 The Synagogue was built in 1948-1949 and is West Virginia's largest Synagogue. It's interior features unique glass windows, side seating with a 15-foot wide aisle and a daily chapel.

Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church Selma Dallas County Alabama 36703 This church was a starting point for the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965 and played a major role in the events that led to the adoption of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Cataldo Mission Cataldo Kootenai County Idaho Also called the Mission of the Sacred Heart, the church is the oldest standing building in Idaho. It was designed by Antonio Ravalli, who made sure that it was constructed by local Indians so that they could feel part of the church.

Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul Philadelphia Pennsylvania The cathedral was dedicated on November 20, 1864 by James Frederick Wood, the first Archbishop of Philadelphia. It is modeled after the Lombard Church of St. Charles (San Carlo al Corso) in Rome and is of the Roman-Corinthian style of architecture.

Cathedral of Saint Paul, National Shrine of the Apostle Paul St. Paul Minnesota 55102 The Cathedral of Saint Paul is a Roman Catholic cathedral. The design was inspired by French Renaissance architecture. The dome of the cathedral is 76 feet (23 m) in diameter and 186 feet (57 m) high.

Christ Church Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19106 Constructed between 1727 and 1744, Christ Church is the birthplace of the American Episcopal Church in the United States. The congregation included 15 signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Congregation B'nai Israel Galveston Galveston County Texas Congregation B'nai Israel is the oldest Jewish Reform Congregation in the state of Texas. Organized in 1868 and chartered in 1870, one of the congregations most famous members, Abraham Cohen Labatt, was one of the pioneers of Reform Judaism in the U.S.

Congregation Beth Jacob Galveston Galveston County Texas Congregation Beth Jacob is a conservative Jewish synagogue. The current synagogue was built by Austrian, Russian and Hungarian immigrants in 1931. In the 1970's, the congregation chose to join the less structured Conservative Movement.

Dexter Avenue Baptist Church Montgomery Montgomery County Alabama 36104 This church is where Dr. Martin Luther King organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955.

Episcopal Church of the Nativity Huntsville Madison County Alabama 35801 This church was built in the Gothic Revival style in 1859. It is noted as one of the most pristine examples of Ecclesiological Gothic architecture in the South. It is also one of the least-altered structures by architect Frank Wills.

Gloria Dei (Old Swede's) Church Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19147 Founded in 1677, Gloria Dei is the second oldest Swedish church in the United States. The building is Pennsylvania's oldest church building, having been completed sometime around 1700.

Government Street Presbyterian Church Mobile Mobile County Alabama 36602 Government Street Presbyterian Church is one of the oldest Greek Revival church buildings in the United States. The interior is notable because the original Greek Revival design is fully intact with very little alteration.

Old Mission State Park Cataldo Kootenai County Idaho The park contains the Cataldo Mission church, a parish house, and the surrounding property. The church is the oldest standing building in Idaho. The surrounding property has two cemeteries, a nature trail, and a visitor's center.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church Tampa Hillsborough County Florida 33602 Sacred Heart is the oldest Catholic church, in the city of Tampa. Dedicated on January 15, 1905, the mostly Romanesque building includes a 135 foot dome, 17 stained glass windows, solid oak pews and doors, porcelain tiles, and a Carrara marble altar.