User:Indyguy/sandbox/Our Savior Lutheran Church (Indianapolis)
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| Our Savior Evangelical Lutheran Church | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 39°48′10″N 86°9′45″W / 39.80278°N 86.16250°W | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Denomination | Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1939 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dedicated | October 3, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Functional status | Active | ||||||||||||||||||
| Groundbreaking | May 11, 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Construction cost | $40,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| District | Indiana | ||||||||||||||||||
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Our Savior Lutheran Church is located at 261 West 25th Street in Indianapolis, Indiana. The historic church was built in 1948 by the city's first African-American Lutheran congregation, which organized in 1939. The congregation is a member of the Indiana District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.
The red-brick structure is notable because it combined two styles of architecture, Late Gothic Revival and Tudor Revival, which were popular styles for religious buildings in the late nineteenth century. The L-shaped church was built in two sections. The original chapel, which dates from 1874–75, is Late Gothic Revival-style building. The Romanesque Revival-style main sanctuary was completed in 1887 on a limestone foundation laid in 1875. The sanctuary features round-arched windows, a rose window, and brick buttresses with limestone caps. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
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- The Art and Architecture of Nine Urban Churches. Indianapolis, Indiana: The Riley-Lockerbie Ministerial Association of Downtown Indianapolis.
- The History of Nine Urban Churches. Indianapolis, Indiana: The Riley-Lockerbie Ministerial Association of Downtown Indianapolis.
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- Burgess, Sam; Mull, Taylor. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Our Savior Lutheran Church" (PDF). Retrieved September 3, 2022.
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Category:Lutheran churches in Indiana Category:Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Category:Tudor Revival architecture in Indiana Category:Gothic Revival church buildings in Indiana Category:Churches completed in 1948 Category:Churches in Indianapolis Category:National Register of Historic Places in Indianapolis