{"nrhp_refnum":"09001081","name":"Congregational Church of the Evangel","other_names":["Church of the Evangel United Christ Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1950 Bedford Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brooklyn","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.65919629700005,"lon":-73.95645709599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-12-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Late Gothic Revival stone church at 1950 Bedford Avenue, at the corner of Hawthorne Street, in the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn, built 1916-17 and designed by Harold S. Granger of Nelson & Van Wagenen.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is a locally significant, highly intact example of early twentieth-century Late Gothic Revival church design modeled on English medieval parish churches. Its stone construction, slate roof, buttresses, pointed-arch windows, battlemented tower and interior furnishings are typical of the style. It also reflects the growth of Brooklyn's suburban neighborhoods and their taste for historicized architecture.","narrative":"Standing on the southwest corner of Bedford Avenue and Hawthorne Street in Brooklyn's Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, this church was built in 1916-17 to resemble an English medieval parish church. Harold S. Granger of Nelson & Van Wagenen designed it, and Abe Brown of Fraser & Bereau built it. The asymmetrical building combines gray-green quarry-faced stone walls, cast stone trim, a steep slate roof, buttresses, pointed-arch windows and a battlemented square bell tower. Inside, exposed timber trusses rise above white plaster walls, and the ornate chancel holds red oak furnishings designed by congregation member Carroll H. Pratt, a Moeller organ and a Tiffany Studios window installed in 1927. The congregation formed in 1907 and first worshipped in a portable frame chapel on the site. The church is considered a locally outstanding, highly intact example of Late Gothic Revival design and reflects the period's taste for historic styles in developing neighborhoods. It remains in excellent condition with few changes.","period_of_significance":"1916-1927","architect_builder":"Granger, Harold S. (assoc. architect) of Nelson & Van Wagenen; Brown, Abe (builder) of Fraser & Bereau","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition with very few alterations since construction; still in religious use. The organ is currently out of commission.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:47.749105-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/09001081.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09001081/bcf06628d8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09001081/bcf06628d8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Onorland","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Congregational_Church_of_the_Evangel_2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Onorland</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Congregational_Church_of_the_Evangel_2.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"83004872","name":"Lefferts Manor Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/lefferts-manor-historic-district-83004872/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318359","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregational_Church_of_the_Evangel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5160732"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/congregational-church-of-the-evangel-09001081/"}