{"nrhp_refnum":"95000315","name":"Emanuel Lutheran Church","other_names":["Phase IV--East Dallas DAL/DA 194"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4301 San Jacinto","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dallas","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.80061996000006,"lon":-96.78107734799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-03-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick church with Gothic Revival detailing at 4301 San Jacinto in East Dallas, Texas, completed in 1931 for a Swedish Lutheran congregation. The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination holds that the church is a noteworthy local example of late Gothic Revival design suited to a modest-sized church. It keeps its original detailing and appearance almost unchanged since 1931. It also reflects how immigrant congregations in East Dallas moved from foreign-language worship to English.","narrative":"Emanuel Lutheran Church at 4301 San Jacinto in East Dallas is a one-story, wood-frame church with a brick veneer and Gothic Revival detailing. Light cast stone contrasts with dark brown brick, and the front facade has a large pointed-arch entrance, stained glass, and non-structural buttresses that stress its vertical lines. The congregation began in 1906 as the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Church, with ten communicants who wanted to worship in their native language. They bought the lot in 1921, started the basement in 1923, and met there until the sanctuary was finished on September 13, 1931. The congregation moved to English services and took its present name around 1930. The church was listed for architecture because it is one of few historic East Dallas churches that remain virtually unaltered, and it still serves the community, including Spanish-language and Asian outreach ministries.","period_of_significance":"1931","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition with virtually no alterations; still in use as a religious facility.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.472319-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/64/9686/40968664/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/95000315.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000315/7bb5031127-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000315/7bb5031127-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emanuel_Lutheran_Church.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</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:Emanuel_Lutheran_Church.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968664","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Lutheran_Church_(Dallas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5373273"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/emanuel-lutheran-church-95000315/"}