{"nrhp_refnum":"04001154","name":"Swedenborgian Church","other_names":["Church of the New Jerusalem","Lyon Street Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3200 Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Francisco","county":"San Francisco","state":"CA","lat":37.79033380550007,"lon":-122.44626246772134,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-08-18","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"2004-08-18","areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Art"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A church complex at 3200 Washington Street in San Francisco's Pacific Heights, built between 1894 and 1900. It includes a brick sanctuary, a parish house, a parsonage at 2121 Lyon Street, a retaining wall and two gardens. A. Page Brown prepared the specifications for the church.","why_significant":"The form describes the complex as a comprehensive design in which the building, gardens, stained glass, paintings and furnishings were created together, following Arts and Crafts and Bay Area Tradition ideas. It was shaped by the vision of Reverend Joseph Worcester and by architects, artists and craftsmen. It retains a very high degree of integrity and has been used continuously as a Swedenborgian church since 1895.","narrative":"This church complex sits on an elevated, L-shaped lot at the corner of Washington and Lyon Streets in San Francisco's Pacific Heights. Built between 1894 and 1900, it groups a brick sanctuary, a parish house, a parsonage, a stucco retaining wall and two gardens. The sanctuary has seventeen-inch brick walls laid in Flemish bond, a clay-tile roof, and an exposed frame of unpeeled madrone trunks from the Santa Cruz Mountains. Visitors enter through a tiled portico that opens onto a garden rather than directly into the church. Inside, the stained glass, landscape paintings by William Keith, and handcrafted furnishings were made for the building as one design, in keeping with Arts and Crafts ideals. The plantings were chosen for their symbolic meaning in Swedenborgian teaching. A. Page Brown prepared the building specifications, and Reverend Joseph Worcester guided the project. Alterations have been minor, and the complex has served the same congregation since 1895.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"A. Page Brown, architect (church specifications)","architectural_style":"Late 19th & Early 20th Century American Movements: Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition with few alterations, and in continuous use as a church since its 1895 dedication.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.277743-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/04001154_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001154/13d0e99de7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001154/13d0e99de7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swedenborgia_Church_(San_Francisco,_California).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swedenborgia_Church_(San_Francisco,_California).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858078","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedenborgian_Church_(San_Francisco)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182435"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-francisco/swedenborgian-church-04001154/"}