Historical Architecture

Memorial Presbyterian Church

• depth 
• bumpy consistent texture
• overlaps

History:

• first presbyterian congregation in Florida.
• construction took five years, costing $5,500.
• By 1830, building was finished.
• Historically used for community needs e.g. building was used for military purposes during the Civil War.

Ancient City Baptist Church

• bricks, consistency
• shapes, ovals, squares,
• overlapping, depth,
• pointy, sharp

    History:

• founded in 1887.
• In 1887 Baptists gathered in an opera house on St. George St. forming what is now Ancient City Baptist Church.
• Henry Falgler gave the plot of land for it to be built, worth $5,000.

St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine

• bricks, arches, depth
• abstraction
• tunnel, overlap

   History:

• institution of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
• dedicated to the first colony of Greek people who came to the U.S. in 1768.
• depicts the development of the Greek Orthodox Church in America.

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument

• jagged
• bricks, uneven repetition
• earthy, soft sharp edges
• crunchy, stairs

History:

• built in 1672 by the Spanish in St. Aug to defend the Atlantic trade route
• protected St. Augustine from attackers like pirates, British, etc.
• it was used as a military prison during the Revolutionary War and obtained three signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Sketches:

Anc city / St. Photios

Ancient City / MCP

St. Photios / San Marcos

MCP / San Marcos