{"nrhp_refnum":"11000983","name":"Gethsemane Lutheran Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"200 W. Anderson Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austin","county":"Travis County","state":"TX","lat":30.34744234200008,"lon":-97.70562030399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-12-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Art"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick, steel and stained glass Lutheran church at 200 West Anderson Lane in north central Austin, Travis County, Texas, designed in 1961 and built in 1962 by architect Eugene Wukasch.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an excellent local example of postwar New Formalist church design and reflects how the Lutheran Church in Texas redefined itself at mid-century. It is also significant in the area of Art for its large dalle de verre stained glass by French artist Gabriel Loire, his first project in Texas. The building retains a high degree of integrity despite a 1979 addition at the north entrance.","narrative":"Gethsemane Lutheran Church is a trapezoidal brick and concrete church on an 8.2-acre sloping site along West Anderson Lane in Austin. It was the second home of the oldest Swedish Lutheran congregation in Texas, which left its 1883 downtown building in 1961. Architect Eugene Wukasch designed the church that year, and it was built in 1962. Its most striking feature is a 36-foot-tall south window by French artist Gabriel Loire, made of thick chipped glass set in concrete, a technique called dalle de verre. Later chancery and clerestory windows extended the glass into a continuous mural of about 400 panels covering biblical and Lutheran history. Inside, the sanctuary has Italian marble floors, altar, pulpit and font. The nomination recognizes the church for architecture, as a New Formalist design among Wukasch's many Lutheran churches, and for art, because of Loire's glasswork. A 1979 education wing and narthex were added to the north without altering the principal south, east and west elevations.","period_of_significance":"1961-1962","architect_builder":"Wukasch, Eugene (architect); Loire, Gabriel (stained glass designer); Warrior Constructors (builder/contractor)","architectural_style":"Modern Movement: New Formalism","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a religious facility; retains a high degree of integrity, with a 1979 addition at the north entrance and a separate 1979 child care center outside the boundary.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.308658-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/99/9736/40973699/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/11000983.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000983/5492ebd299-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000983/5492ebd299-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gethsemane_lutheran_church.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gethsemane_lutheran_church.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973699","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002722"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/travis-county/gethsemane-lutheran-church-11000983/"}