Baptist Temple (Brooklyn)

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.[2]

Baptist Temple
Baptist Temple, August 2008
Baptist Temple (Brooklyn) is located in New York City
Baptist Temple (Brooklyn)
Baptist Temple (Brooklyn) is located in New York
Baptist Temple (Brooklyn)
Baptist Temple (Brooklyn) is located in the United States
Baptist Temple (Brooklyn)
Location360 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates40°41′11″N 73°58′48″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1894
ArchitectWeary & Kramer; Dodge & Morrison
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.95001334[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 20, 1995

It is a work of architects Weary & Kramer, and it is a work of Dodge & Morrison.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1] The historic pipe organ was undergoing a multi-year restoration at the time.[3] It was seriously damaged in a three-alarm fire that broke out on July 7, 2010.[4]

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