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Baptist Temple | |
 Baptist Temple, August 2008 | |
  Location within New York City  Location within New York  Location within the United States | |
| 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] Edward Morris Bowman was the church's first organist and choirmaster. He led a large chorus and orchestra at the church from 1894-1906 that gained a national reputation.[3]
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.[4] It was seriously damaged in a three-alarm fire that broke out on July 7, 2010.[5]
In 2022, it became nondenominational and was renamed Next Step Community Church. [6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ↑ Peter D. Shaver (September 1995). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Baptist Temple. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 1, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
- ↑ Benjamin, William Howard (1908). "Edward Morris Bowman". Biographies of Celebrated Organists of America. Benjamin Publishing Company.
- ↑ 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
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