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This study goals to analyse and investigate the Aesthetical Element characteristics of catholic churches in Gangwon province built in the 1950s. At that time, catholic churches were supported by us army because of material shortage after the Korean War and were constructed with the help of priests based on Missionary Society of St. Columban before the Chunchon Diocese split in two in 1965. The results are as follows. Since most of catholic churches in Gangwon Province were built in mainly the Gothic and secondarily the Romanesque style, the bell tower roofs of Youngseo area are composed of spire, dome and square hipped roof, whereas those of Youngdong area are composed of flat roof, steeple and square hipped roof. Pinnacles, pointed-arch windows and semi-round arch windows, buttresses like pilaster mass, domers on the roof were used in those facade composition. As for the connection between wall and bell tower, most of those were shapes protruded from front or side wall except one. The truss of roof were used king post. Outer wall material and structure of Youngseo area mainly were adopted a stone or semi-stone structure, whereas those of Youngdong area were adopted a cement brick structure. The study compared and examined the aesthetical characteristics of catholic churches at Kangwon Province built in the 1950s, but there were differences in details among those of between Yeongseo and Youngdong area. It can thus serve as a basic study on the formative characteristics of catholic churches at Gangwon province.