701 N. Pennsylvania St., Mount Pisgah Lutheran Church / First Lutheran Church, 1986

Description:	First United Lutheran Church, 701 N. Pennsylvania St., Walnut St. (South) elevation Yes Mount Pisgah Lutheran Church / First Lutheran Church701 North Pennsylvania Street1875 and 1886Historic Description: Indianapolis architect, Peter P. Cookingham, designed the 1875 chapel and may have completed the drawings for the 188 sanctuary, although he had left the city prior to its construction. This is the home of the oldest Lutheran congregation in Indianapolis, first organized in 1837 as Mount Pisgah Lutheran. Five area Lutheran congregations trace their origins to Mount Pisgah. The location of the church is an indication that St. Joseph was an area of transition between the commercial downtown and the new residential walking neighborhoods of the north side.Architectural Description: The existing structure was built in two parts. The current chapel was constructed in 1875 and was used as the primary worship space until the current sanctuary was completed in 1886. Both sections rest on a raised limestone block foundation. The chapel reflects the Gothic Revival style with a high gabled slate roof, long, narrow Gothic arched windows with limestone surrounds. There are brick turret buttresses at the corners. The nave exhibits Romanesque Revival elements, including round arched nave windows set in round arched panels. The panels are divided by limestone capped buttresses. The round arches are repeated on the main (western) facade around entrances and in the panel surrounding the stained glass rose window.St. Joseph Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1991 religious
Origin:	1986
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/HT/id/3412
Collection:	Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission Image Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Copyright:	In Copyright
Geography:	Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/4259418/, 39.76838, -86.15804
Subjects:	Architecture--Indiana--Indianapolis Built environment Historic districts Gothic Revival gable roofs brick stone rustication parapets arches rose windows stained glass

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