St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
155 Milton Street | Greenpoint | built 1897
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- 1867
St. John's Lutheran congregation is founded in Greenpoint
The congregation of St. John's was founded on September 8, 1867, two years after the Civil War ended. Its home at 155 Milton Street came later: DNAinfo reports that the church standing there dates to the 1890s, when Brooklyn architect Theobold Engelhart built it on a commission from one of the parishioners, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Source: dnainfo.com
- 1891
Theobold Engelhardt designs St. John's Church in German neo-Gothic style
The Historic Districts Council dates Theobold Engelhardt's work on 155 Milton Street to 1891-92. The church is brick with terra-cotta ornament, with lancet windows, a flying buttress at its western corner, and a plaque over the middle arched window naming the church in German. Engelhardt also designed Nos. 122 and 124 across the street, and No. 124 now serves as the parish house.
Source: 6tocelebrate.org
- 2015
Pastor Katrina Foster is asked to take over a church down to about six worshippers
In 2015 Lutheran Bishop Alan Rimbo contacted Katrina Foster about St. John's, which he wanted to sell and merge with the Park Church Co-Op. About six congregants came on a good Sunday, and there had been no full-time pastor since the 1970s. Foster took the church on, and by 2017 DNAinfo reported it was investing $250,000 in plumbing, roofing, leak repairs and the landmarked facade.
Source: dnainfo.com
- 2017
The church exterior stands in for a military support group's meeting place in The Punisher
Untapped Cities, in a November 2017 guide to filming locations for the Netflix series The Punisher, names St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church as the exterior location of the show's military support group. The guide adds that a later episode reveals the support group's exterior to be this Greenpoint church.
Source: Untapped New York
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