Near the State Fairgrounds on Rt 219 in Fairlea, WV
Along US 250 near the West Virginia-Virginia border
A wide range of religion-inspired signs in West Virginia and possibly Virginia.
There were a whole bunch of signs similar to the top photo along a short stretch of highway north of White Sulphur Springs. Each had a different quote on it.
I don't know what that last sign is all about.
Mount Olivet Baptist Church...
... originally Temple Israel
There are many big churches in my corner of Harlem. Many of the churches were originally synagogues, built about a century ago when German Jewish families moved to Harlem. Mount Olivet Baptist Church at 120th and Lenox was originally Temple Israel. The synagogue was built in 1907 and was once one of the city's most prestigious synagogues. Mount Olivet, an old and influential black congregation in New York, acquired the building in 1925 when that congretation moved uptown to Harlem from mid-Manhattan. You can see the Stars of David at the top of the four enormous columns and in the stained glass windows.
Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean spoke at Mount Olivet last November. Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe spoke at the church in 2000.
Much of the above information comes from the AIA Guide to New York City and the New York Times.
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