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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