Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church

Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church of Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., is a large, Gothic Revival-style church built in 1870 and located at Park Avenue and Lafayette Avenue in the city's Bolton Hill neighborhood. Named in memory of a 19th-century Baltimore financier, the ornate church is noted for its exquisite stained glass windows by artist Louis Comfort Tiffany, soaring vaulted ceiling, and the peo0le associated with its history. Maltbie Babcock, who was the church's pastor 1887–1900, wrote the hymn This is My Father's World. Concert performer Virgil Fox was organist at Brown Memorial early in his career (1936–1946).

Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church
Location1316 Park Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21217
Country United States
DenominationPresbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Websitewww.browndowntown.org
History
DedicatedDecember 4, 1870 (1870-12-04)
Architecture
Architect(s)Hutton and Murdock (1870)
Ralph Adams Cram (1931)
StyleGothic Revival
Clergy
Minister(s)Rev. Andrew Foster Connors, Senior Pastor
Michele Ward, Associate Pastor
Michael Britt, Minister of Music
Dr. John Walker, Minister of Music Emeritus
Laity
Religious education coordinatorRachel Cunningham

Called "one of the most significant buildings in this city, a treasure of art and architecture" by Baltimore Magazine, the church underwent a $1.8 million restoration between 2001 and 2003. It is part of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) denomination.

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