Saint John's-St. Luke's Evangelical Church

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caption = Facade of St. John's-St. Luke's Evangelical Church
location= Detroit, Michigan
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 20
lat_seconds = 36
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 83
long_minutes = 2
long_seconds = 17
long_direction = W
locmapin = Michigan
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built =1872
architect= Julius Hess et al.
architecture= Late Victorian, Gothic, Romanesque
added = April 22, 1982
governing_body = Private
refnum=82002907cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

St. John's-St. Luke's Evangelical Church is a Protestant Evangelical church located at 2120 Russell Street in Detroit, Michigan.

History

St. John's - St. Luke's is the oldest German Protestant church in Detroit, and was the base from which twelve other German Protestant churches in the city were formed. [http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/24838.htm Saint John's-Saint Luke's Evangelical Church ] from the state of Michigan.]

Architecture

The church was originally constructed in 1874, and was designed by architect Julius Hess. The facade features a large tower on one side and a smaller tower on the other, flanking the entranceway. A large lancet window dominates the facade and a gabled vestibule fronts the gabled entrance. The exterior has been extensively altered from its original appearance. The structure of the church is brick, but in 1915 the exterior was completely covered in Formstone, a cast concrete made to resemble limestone.

The interior of the church is High Victorian Gothic in design, painted white and gold with elaborate Gothic woodwork. The lighting system is historically signifiacnt, and the church features a Votteler organ.

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