Baptist Temple (Brooklyn)

Baptist Temple
Baptist Temple, August 2008
Location 360 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates 40°41′11″N 73°58′48″W / 40.68639°N 73.98000°W / 40.68639; -73.98000Coordinates: 40°41′11″N 73°58′48″W / 40.68639°N 73.98000°W / 40.68639; -73.98000
Area less than one acre
Built 1894
Architect Weary & Kramer; Dodge & Morrison
Architectural style Romanesque
NRHP reference # 95001334[1]
Added to NRHP November 20, 1995

Baptist Temple is a historic Baptist church at 360 Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn, New York. It was built in 1893-1894 in the Romanesque Revival style and rebuilt after a fire in 1917-1918. It has a brownstone base and superstructure faced with subtly textured brick with brownstone trim. The building features a large rose window and three corner towers.[2]

It is a work of architects Weary & Kramer, and it is a work of Dodge & Morrison.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1] The historic pipe organ was undergoing a multi-year restoration at the time.[3] It was seriously damaged in a three-alarm fire that broke out on July 7, 2010.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Peter D. Shaver (September 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Baptist Temple" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying five photographs
  3. ↑ Pipe organ restoration by Daphne Sashin, New York Times Archived July 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ NYC American Guild of Organists website Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.


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