Baptist Temple (Brooklyn) Explained

Baptist Temple
Nocat:yes
Location:360 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates:40.6864°N -73.98°W
Built:1894
Architect:Weary & Kramer
Dodge & Morrison
Architecture:Romanesque
Added:November 20, 1995
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:95001334

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.[1]

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

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. The historic pipe organ was undergoing a multi-year restoration at the time.[2] It was seriously damaged in a three-alarm fire that broke out on July 7, 2010.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20190404141934/https://cris.parks.ny.gov/ . dead . 2019-04-04 . . Searchable database . 2016-08-01 . Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Baptist Temple . 2016-08-01 . Peter D. Shaver . PDF . September 1995 . and Accompanying five photographs
  2. http://www.daphnesashin.com/18/a-man-and-a-pipe-organ/ Pipe organ restoration by Daphne Sashin, New York Times
  3. http://www.nycago.org/Organs/Bkln/html/BaptistTemple.html NYC American Guild of Organists website