Next Step Community Church
Baptist Temple | |
Baptist Temple, August 2008 | |
| Location | 360 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn, New York |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°41′11″N 73°58′48″W / 40.68639°N 73.98000°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1894 |
| Architect | Weary & Kramer; Dodge & Morrison |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 95001334[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 20, 1995 |
Next Step Community Church is a historic non-denominational evangelical Christian church at 360 Schermerhorn Street and Third Avenue 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]
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 under the name Baptist Temple.[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]
In 2022, it became nondenominational and was renamed Next Step Community Church. [5]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Peter D. Shaver (September 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Baptist Temple" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying five photographs
- ^ Pipe organ restoration by Daphne Sashin, New York Times Archived July 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ NYC American Guild of Organists website Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Megan McGibney, Downtown Brooklyn Church Relaunches Parents’ Ministry, as Cost of Living Escalates, bkreader.com, USA, Sep 6, 2023