Historic Church: New Sweden Evangelical Lutheran

[mjdmike]

Located in Manor, Texas, the New Sweden Evangelical Lutheran Church was built in the 1920s and is an easily recognizable structure in the countryside East of Austin. The 104 foot steeple, with a copper exterior can be seen for miles on a clear day. The New Sweden Evangelical Lutheran congregation will celebrate their 133rd year of existence this February.

I shot these this past weekend, using natural light.

Interesting tidbit: A few scenes for an upcoming film, "The Tree of Life", starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, were filmed inside the Church a few months ago. Many locals were used as 'extras' in the movie for the Church scenes.

New Sweden Evangelical Lutheran Church at Sunrise


Steeple Structure


Copper Steeple and Cross


Stained Glass


Interior View from Balcony


Altar


Pipe Organ


Organ


New Sweden Evangelical Lutheran Church

[popawalker]

Very nice shots Mike, I like the sun coming through on the first one.
Steve

[venchka]

Thanks for sharing. I better get over there in a hurry. It won't be long before this church is surrounded by subdivisions and strip malls. That will ruin the feeling of isolation. The setting looks like it could be anywhere on the Great Plains.

[DangerouslyMoody]

I drive right past this on my way to my aunts....turn left after the cemetary LOL...it is growing up over there for sure but hopefully not that far back in that area....is it photog friendly?? Think they will say anything if I stop by??

[mjdmike]

Thanks Steve.

Thank you Wayne. So far, it's still very quiet and remote out there near the Church...but it's only a matter of time.

Thanks Autumn. You can stop an shoot the exterior at any time. However, the doors are usually locked. Fortunately, I have relatives in the area, so was let in for a few hours.

[DangerouslyMoody]

Awesome!! I will be draggin' my aunt over that way on Saturday!!

[DangerouslyMoody]

I got some decent shots this weekend...none as awesome as the above but I will post them soon...I did check out the little barn storage place there adn found a family of white owls in there...got some pics...not the greatest but i got some LOL

[mjdmike]

That's great, look forward to seeing them. I missed the barn and owls darnit...

[DangerouslyMoody]

Here's a few of mine...didn't get much of the church that were great but the area around I did :)

Here is the barn that I found the owls in


The owls:



And my church shot LOL