Ben Abril, California Mission, Santa Barbara (California; founded 1782-6, rebuilt c. 1812 and 1925), undated, Oil on canvas, Gift of the artist to the ART in Embassies Program, Washington, D.C.

Unknown Artist, Old South Meeting House (built 1729), Boston, Massachusetts, 1894, Lithograph, Courtesy of an anonymous lender to the ART in Embassies Program, Washington, D.C.

Unknown Artist, Synagogue (built 1759-63) at 85 Touro Street, Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1971, Photograph; contemporary digital print,

Unknown Artist, Mother A.M.E. Zion Church in New York (c.1800), with Founders: First Bishop James Varick, Bishop C. Rush, Bishop William Miller, and Bishop G. Galbraith, c. 1884, Steel engraving, digital print, Courtesy of the ART in Embassies Program, Washington, D.C.

Unknown Artist, Hindu Temple, San Francisco, California (built 1905), early 20th century, Giclee print, Courtesy of the ART in Embassies Program, Washington, D.C.

Unknown Artist, South view of the Friends' Meeting House, Pomfret. (Connecticut; from: "Connecticut Historical Collections" by John Warner Barber, 1836), c. 1836, Woodcut, Courtesy of the ART in Embassies Program, Washington, D.C.

Unknown Artist, Friends' Meeting House in Flushing (New York; from: William Cullen Bryant's "Bryant's Popular History of the United States," 1881), c. 1881, Wood engraving, Courtesy of the ART in Embassies Program, Washington, D.C.

Unknown Artist, Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Ascension, Unalaska, Alaska, undated, Giclee print, Courtesy of the ART in Embassies Program, Washington, D.C.

Thomas Bucci, The Islamic Center, Washington, D.C., 2009, Watercolor, Courtesy of the artist, Washington, D.C.

Edward Curtis, Mamalelekala Chief's Mortuary House, Contemporary digital photograph of platnum print, Courtesy of ART in EMBASSIES, Washington, DC Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Edward S. Curtis Collection; LC-USZ62-60077

Edward Curtis, Sun Dance (Cheyenne), c. 1910, Contemporary digital photograph of a platinum print, Courtesy of Art in Embassies, Washington, D.C., and the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Edward S. Curtis Collection, LC-USZ62-106279

Edward Curtis, For Strength and Visions - Apsaroke (Sun Dance), c. 1908 (November 19), Contemporary digital photograph of platinum print, Courtesy of Art in Embassies, Washington, D.C., and the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Edward S. Curtis Collection, LC-USZ62-46984

A. Davis, St. Paul's Chapel (built 1766), Broadway, New York City, Published 1831, Steel engraving, Courtesy of an anonymous loan to the ART in Embassies Program, Washington, D.C.

Fran Larsen, Chimayo Shadows, Acrylic on canvas, Courtesy of the artist and Manitou Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Eric O'Connell, St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church (built 1832; consecrated 1922), New York City, minutes before the collapse of 2 World Trade Center, September 11, 2001, 2001 September 11, Photograph, Courtesy of the artist, Brooklyn, New York

Eric O'Connell, Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, New York, 2009, Photograph, Courtesy of the artist, Brooklyn, New York

Eric O'Connell, St. Paul's Chapel (built 1766), Broadway, New York City [with a blank space in the sky where the World Towers used to stand], 2009, Photograph, Courtesy of the artist, Brooklyn, New York

Randall Persing, Arriving for Sunday Service, undated, Color photograph, Courtesy of the artist, University Park, Pennsylvania

Anne Pratt, Old North Church, In North Square, Boston, Built in 1678, Torn down and used as firewood by the British in 1776, undated, Engraving, contemporary digital print, Courtesy of the ART in Embassies Program, Washington, D.C.

Tony Westbrook, Meeting House Easter Moonrise, 2005, Photograph, Courtesy of the artist, Canterbury, New Hampshire

Leonard Wren, Temple Square (Mormon Temple, Salt Lake City Utah), 2009, Oil on canvas, Courtesy of the artist, Claremont, Oklahoma