Baptist Temple | |
Nocat: | yes |
Location: | 360 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn, New York |
Coordinates: | 40.6864°N -73.98°W |
Built: | 1894 |
Architect: | Weary & Kramer
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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]