Zion Lutheran Church (Stamford, Connecticut)
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Zion Lutheran Church is a historic Lutheran
church building at 132 Glenbrook Road in Stamford, Connecticut
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It was built in 1925. An addition was added in 1955. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
It was covered in a Multiple Property Submission study of Downtown Stamford Ecclesiastical Complexes. Out of 11 complexes including 26 buildings covered in the study, the Zion Lutheran Church was the most recently built. The church is the second church constructed by German Lutherans in Stamford; an earlier church was built in 1897.
It is "a fine example of ecclesiastical Neo-Gothic architecture
, and the only one built of red brick in the city…".
Lutheranism
Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Luther, a German reformer. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the church launched the Protestant Reformation...
church building at 132 Glenbrook Road in Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 122,643, making it the fourth largest city in the state and the eighth largest city in New England...
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It was built in 1925. An addition was added in 1955. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
It was covered in a Multiple Property Submission study of Downtown Stamford Ecclesiastical Complexes. Out of 11 complexes including 26 buildings covered in the study, the Zion Lutheran Church was the most recently built. The church is the second church constructed by German Lutherans in Stamford; an earlier church was built in 1897.
It is "a fine example of ecclesiastical Neo-Gothic architecture
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...
, and the only one built of red brick in the city…".