Mt. Pisgah Lutheran Church

Mt. Pisgah Lutheran Church

Former Mt. Pisgah Lutheran Church, January 2010
Location 701 N. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates 39°46′37″N 86°9′20″W / 39.77694°N 86.15556°W / 39.77694; -86.15556Coordinates: 39°46′37″N 86°9′20″W / 39.77694°N 86.15556°W / 39.77694; -86.15556
Area less than one acre
Built 1875 (1875), 1885-1886
Architect Cookingham, Peter P.
Architectural style Late Gothic Revival, Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 78000048[1]
Added to NRHP November 28, 1978

Mt. Pisgah Lutheran Church, also known as the First Lutheran Church and The Sanctuary on Penn, is a historic Lutheran church located at Indianapolis, Indiana. The original chapel section was built in 1875, and is a one-story, "L"-shaped, Late Gothic Revival style brick building. It was enlarged with the Romanesque Revival style sanctuary added between 1885 and 1886. It features round arch windows, a rose window, and brick buttresses with limestone caps.[2]:2-3 It currently houses the Sanctuary on Penn.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Kate Roper and Elsa Dierks (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mt. Pisgah Lutheran Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying photographs
  3. The Sanctuary on Penn website


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