St. Luke's Lutheran Church (New York City)
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St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church
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Facade elevation and interior view of nave toward sanctuary (photographed in February 2011)
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| Location: | 308 W. 46th St., New York City, New York |
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| Coordinates: | 40°45′35″N 73°59′19.5″W / 40.75972°N 73.988750°WCoordinates: 40°45′35″N 73°59′19.5″W / 40.75972°N 73.988750°W |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Built: | 1922[1]-1923 (for church);[2] 1922 (for parish house)[3] |
| Architect: | Edward L. Tilton[1] of Tilton & Githens;[2] Francis Xavier Zettler (for 1923 facade);[2] "Keally" of 141 East 45th Street (for 1922 parish house)[3] |
| Architectural style: | Neo-Perpendicular with Art Moderne detailing (Late Gothic Revival) |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 07000483[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | June 01, 2007 |
St. Luke's Lutheran Church, also known as The German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Saint Luke's and St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church, is a historic Lutheran church located on "restaurant row" at 308 West 46th Street near Times Square, in Hell's Kitchen / Clinton, Manhattan, New York City, New York.
History
St. Luke's was founded as a Dutch Reformed congregation in 1850, first meeting in rented rooms on the third floor of a building on 35th Street and 9th Avenue. It reorganized as a Lutheran congregation in 1853.[4]
The church moved several times, acquiring its first owned building, a former Baptist church on 43rd Street, in 1863. It moved in 1875 to 233 West 42nd Street, into the former Forty-second Street Presbyterian Church.[2] Finally, the congregation acquired property at West 46th Street to build its current church. The cornerstone was laid in October 1922 and the church dedicated in September 1923.[4]
An independent congregation without synodic affiliation since 1880, St. Luke's joined the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 1987.
Architecture
The church was built 1922 to designs of Edward L. Tilton[1] of Tilton & Githens.[2] "The nave facade is virtually all window, designed by Francis Xavier Zettler."[2] The building was completed in 1923.[2] The architecture has been described as happy a marriage between Gothic and Deco. A four-storey parish house at 308-316 West 46th Street was built 1922 to designs by an architect named "Keally" of 141 East 45th Street at cost of $150,000.[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ^ a b c d e f g David W. Dunlap, From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.) p. 223.
- ^ a b c Office for Metropolitan History, "Manhattan NB Database 1900-1986," (Accessed 25 Dec 2010).
- ^ a b "A Brief History of Saint Luke’s Lutheran Church", StLukesNYC.org, retrieved 2010-02-16
