Category: Thursday’s Doors

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Coventry Cross Episcopal Church is in my town, and I see this cross every time I drive through town using the main Hwy/Interstate 395. FYI the speed limit through this section of town is 25 MPH.

I’ve often wondered what the door(s) and front of the church look like so while I was in town running errands earlier this week I used the back streets to go just a couple of blocks from one place to another and finally saw the front doors.

As you can see it was gray, it was cold Tuesday morning, and there’s still snow on the ground from last week-end’s big snow storm.

Here’s a look at their glass doors and the whole building.

I didn’t bother taking out all the wires because I would have taken out the Cross on top of the bell tower too. My Photoshop skills aren’t good enough to put the cross back. What a shame to have all these wires going across it, but this is how it really looks. 😀

I did find a wee bit of history about this building on their site.

It says, ” Coventry Cross Episcopal Church, a member of the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada. Serving the communities of Douglas County, Nevada , for over 55 years.

Coventry Cross Chapel was moved from its original site in Smith Valley, Nevada, to its present location in Minden, in October of 1954, to become the town’s first church. Before that, local Episcopalians worshipped in members’ homes and other buildings. While in Smith Valley, the Chapel was given the carved stone Tudor Cross which had stood on the porch of the Cathedral of St. Michael (Coventry Cathedral) at Coventry, England. Honoring the gift, the Chapel became “Coventry Cross Episcopal Church.” The rose quartz cross stands about three feet high and is carved with 28 Tudor roses with points terminating in a large blossom. It stands on the rood beam over the altar. At some point in its history it was stained brown to match the beam. The mantel of the fireplace (the original heat for the church) came from 14th century Malmesbury Abbey in England; the left corner stone of the fireplace is from a first century Roman wall at St. Alban’s; and the right corner stone is from 17th century St. Paul’s in London. The new parish hall modifies and expands the one built in 1958.”

Doesn’t that rose quartz cross and mantel sound lovely! I wish the chapel was open so I could have seen both. Maybe one day.

This post is part of the Thursday Doors group hosted by Dan Antion over at No Facilities which you can click on to see other doors from around the world- here

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