Next Step Community Church

Next Step Community Church is a historic non-denominational evangelical Christian church at 360 Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn, New York. It was built in 1893–1894 in the Romanesque Revival style and rebuilt after a fire in 1917–1918. It has a brownstone base and superstructure faced with subtly textured brick with brownstone trim. The building features a large rose window and three corner towers.[2]

Baptist Temple
Baptist Temple, August 2008
Next Step Community Church is located in New York City
Next Step Community Church
Next Step Community Church is located in New York
Next Step Community Church
Next Step Community Church is located in the United States
Next Step Community Church
Location360 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates40°41′11″N 73°58′48″W / 40.68639°N 73.98000°W / 40.68639; -73.98000
Arealess than one acre
Built1894
ArchitectWeary & Kramer; Dodge & Morrison
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.95001334[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 20, 1995

It is a work of architects Weary & Kramer, and it is a work of Dodge & Morrison.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 under the name Baptist Temple.[1] The historic pipe organ was undergoing a multi-year restoration at the time.[3] It was seriously damaged in a three-alarm fire that broke out on July 7, 2010.[4]

In 2022, it became nondenominational and was renamed Next Step Community Church. [5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Peter D. Shaver (September 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Baptist Temple" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying five photographs
  3. ^ Pipe organ restoration by Daphne Sashin, New York Times Archived July 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ NYC American Guild of Organists website Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Megan McGibney, Downtown Brooklyn Church Relaunches Parents’ Ministry, as Cost of Living Escalates, bkreader.com, USA, Sep 6, 2023