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Lithuanian Wooden Church Architecture
Extracts from a monograph by Dr Alge Jankeviciene on the hundreds of wooden churches, chapels and belfries in Lithuania, illustrated with expandable thumbnail photographs.
http://www.omnitel.net/lmsa/index-en.html
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Odin: The Stave Churches of Norway
Håkon Christie describes these remarkable constructions, richly decorated with carvings.
http://odin.dep.no/odin/engelsk/norway/history/032005-990473/index-dok000-b-f-a.html
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Petäjävesi Old Church
Frank Hellstén describes this World Heritage example of 18th-century Finnish wood architecture for Virtual Finland. Includes's Kari Palsila's 360-degree panorama photographs.
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/petajav.html
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Samogitian Wooden Churches
Lithuanian lowlanders traditionally built timber churches; some survive from the 18th and 19th centuries. History and photographs provided by the Samogitian Cultural Association.
http://daugenis.mch.mii.lt/Samogitia/KULTURA/medbazn.en.htm
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Stave Church: Medieval Wooden Churches in Norway
Jorgen Holten Jensenius presents his research papers on various aspects of stave churches. Summaries of all articles and full text of some, with bibliography and map of locations.
http://www.stavechurch.org/
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Tabernacle Baptist Church, Beaufort, South Carolina
ICW-NET provides a photograph of this tall-steepled wooden church, built in 1811 in an interesting blend of styles.
http://www.beaufort-sc.com/history/tabernbp.htm
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The History of Slash Church
Dianne A. Jones provides a drawing, history, description and list of ministers of the oldest surviving frame-built church in Virginia, built in 1729. Hosted by Hanover County VAGenWeb.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~vahanove/slash.htm
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The Old Church at Petäjävesi
The official town site provides an illustrated history of this timber church built in 1763-1764 and now given World Heritage status. Includes a plan.
http://www.petajavesi.fi/kirkko/
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The Unique Stave Churches of Norway
Illustrated feature from Medieval Scandinavia. Includes history, technology, decorated portals, classification. Illustrated descriptions of all surviving examples.
http://www.medsca.org/stav_intro.html
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The Wooden Churches of Eastern Europe: An Introductory Survey
An illustrated review by Andrew Gregorovich of this book by David Buxton.
http://www.infoukes.com/culture/architecture/wooden_churches/
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Wooden Architecture of the Carpathians
The Rural Green tourism Association of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine describes the wooden churches and homes of the region, and their techniques of construction.
http://members.aol.com/chornohora/arch.htm
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Wooden Architecture of the Ukrainian Carpathians
Illustrated outline of this book edited by John Hvozda and published in 1978, which covers church and domestic architecture.
http://www.lemko.org/lih/wauc.html
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