- Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew (Brooklyn, New York)
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St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church
Location: 520 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn, New York Coordinates: 40°40′58″N 73°58′3″W / 40.68278°N 73.9675°WCoordinates: 40°40′58″N 73°58′3″W / 40.68278°N 73.9675°W Built: 1888 Architect: Welch,John Architectural style: Romanesque, Romanesque Revival Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 82003364[1] Added to NRHP: September 16, 1982 The Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew, founded as St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church, is a historic Episcopal congregation in New York City, New York. It is located at 520 Clinton Avenue, between Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue in the Clinton Hill-Fort Greene area of Brooklyn.
St. Luke's was founded in 1841 following the failure of Trinity Church. The congregation eventually grew to be the largest in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island.[2] It absorbed St. Matthew’s Church in 1943, and the Church of St. Michael and St. Mark in 1993.
The church was built in 1888 in the Romanesque Revival style.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "A Continuing Commitment To Our Sacred Trust", StLukeandStMatthew.org, http://www.stlukeandstmatthew.org/history/, retrieved 2011-02-16
- ^ Andrew S. Dolkart and Anne B. Covell (June 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3203. Retrieved 2011-02-20. See also: "Accompanying seven photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3202.
Categories:- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City
- Buildings and structures completed in 1888
- 19th-century Episcopal church buildings
- Episcopal churches in New York
- Churches in Brooklyn
- Kings County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
- United States church stubs
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