St. Paul, Norwalk

 

Detail of the brickwork at the front of the church.

 

St. Paul, Norwalk

St. Paul in Norwalk, uncertain of date.

St. Paul, Norwalk

St. Paul, Norwalk

St. Paul Norwalk

About 1913 i believe. This probably would have been taken from the top of the old central high school building (damn shame it's not there anymore, nice building)

St. Paul Norwalk

St. Paul Norwalk

St. Paul Norwalk

lovely outside...not-so-lovely inside

Since I have nothing better to do at school...

Click on the pictures to see the birdies in detail.

The Hidden Treasures of St. Paul, Norwalk

Yesterday i had the opportunity to go up in the bell tower at St. Paul's here in Norwalk.

First let's start off with the windows you pass on the way up. The two big windows in the center of the picture above are what i will have pictured here.
With exception to the Sanctuary windows, and the windows in the sacristy, these are the only other original windows in the place. (remember, everything was replaced by those horrid beer bottle fragments) These windows aren't much exciting, but they were still way more than i expected, especially in a place where no one can see them, and you can't make out detail from the outside.
(at one point in time, the room that the large window is in probably housed the blower for the old organ, maybe could have been visible from inside the church? no one really seems to know...)


The organ was where that crucifix (that should be in the front of the church) is. Now there is a ventilation system behind that wall. Behind the vent system, is a ladder, then the window.
moving on up...we pass the top of the main window. Not sure if there is any symbolism in it, but still a nice mix of colors.
The next room we come to houses that top window. Again, makes you wonder why they replaced the windows in the church, when they had windows similar to this.

Now onto the bells.
They have 10 bells. The three swinging ones are the ones they normally use. The others are rarely, if ever used. Maybe Christmas and Easter. Glorious sound, another pity that they aren't used as much. This photo was taken sometime before they were installed around 1906-07.

These three are the ones they mainly use.

The rest hang, and are rang by clapper only. All motorized now, of course.

Of course i have many more pictures. If you are interested in more, please let me know.

The Orange Bong Award...

...with a marijuana leaf cluster for extra effort, goes to St. Paul's, in Norwalk. The cluster is added for having the worst resurrifix I've ever seen. It's not easy to make Our Lord look like he'd fit in at Woodstock, but it's been done here.

The primary thrust of the Orange Bong Award is to recognize the worst example of wreckovation. In that department, St. Paul's wins hands down for turning a nice, though a bit cluttered Victorian church into something that looks like a 60's flower child's wildest fantasy of a place to play their tambourines and get stoned.

Foggy Day

Went roaming about this afternoon...

St. Mary's

St. Paul's. There's would have been really cool in the fog, had they kept their spire.