Built 1888-91 Designated NYCL May 12, 1981 Area 4,047 m² Added to NRHP 16 September 1982 | NRHP Reference # 82003364 Opened 1888 Phone +1 718-638-0686 Architect John Welch | |
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Location 520 Clinton Ave.
Brooklyn, New York City Address 520 Clinton Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238, USA Architectural styles Romanesque architecture, Romanesque Revival architecture Similar Emmanuel Baptist Church, Flatlands Dutch Reformed, Bay Ridge United Methodist, St Mary's Episcopal Church, Old First Reformed Church | ||
The Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew is a historic Episcopal church at 520 Clinton Avenue between Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It was built in 1888-91 as St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church and was designed by John Welch in the Romanesque Revival style. The AIA Guide to New York City describes the building's "great facade" as "Eclecticism gone berserk," while the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission's Guide to New York City Landmarks calls it "one of the grandest ecclesiastical buildings in Brooklyn."
The congregation of St. Luke's was founded in 1841 following the failure of Trinity Church. The congregation's building eventually grew to be the largest in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island. It merged with St. Matthew’s Church in 1943, and the Church of St. Michael and St. Mark in 1993.
The church was designated a New York City Landmark in 1981 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
In the early morning of December 23, 2012, the building was damaged by a fire.