| Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church | |
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| Location | 1316 Park Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21217 |
| Country |  United States |
| Denomination | Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Dedicated | December 4, 1870 |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Hutton and Murdock (1870) Ralph Adams Cram (1931) |
| Style | Gothic 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 coordinator | Rachel Cunningham |
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 people associated with its history. Maltbie Babcock, who was the church's pastor 1887–1900, wrote the hymn This is My Father's World.[1] Concert performer Virgil Fox was organist at Brown Memorial early in his career (1936–1946).[2]
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.[3][4] It is part of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) denomination.
- ^ "Maltbie Davenport Babcock — 1858-1901". cyberhymnal. Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- ^ Snyder, David F. (2021). Virgil Fox – His real life. p. 101.
- ^ Elizabeth Evitts (April 2003). ""Window to the Future", Baltimore Magazine" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-11. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
- ^ Tricia Bishop (April 7, 2003). "Illuminated by a jewel". The Baltimore Sun. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
