John Welch (architect)

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Name John Welch		Role Architect

Organizations founded American Institute of Architects Similar Richard Upjohn, Jacob Wrey Mould, Richard Morris Hunt

John Welch was an architect and builder of Brooklyn, New York who designed numerous churches.

He was also one of the founders of American Institute of Architects.

A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

His St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church in Brooklyn, designed and built by Welch during 1888-89, has been said to be "among the largest and finest of nineteenth-century ecclesiastical structures in New York City".

Works include:

Newark Orphan Asylum, now known as Eberhardt Hall, New Jersey Institute of Technology, High and Bleeker Sts., Newark, New Jersey, NRHP-listed

South Park Calvary United Presbyterian Church, 1035 Broad St., Newark, New Jersey, NRHP-listed

St. James' A.M.E. Church, High and Court Sts., Newark, New Jersey, NRHP-listed

St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church, 520 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn, New York, NRHP-listed

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