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Lovely Lane Methodist Church

Architectural Survey File

This is the architectural survey file for this MIHP record. The survey file is organized reverse-

chronological (that is, with the latest material on top). It contains all MIHP inventory forms, National

Register nomination forms, determinations of eligibility (DOE) forms, and accompanying documentation

such as photographs and maps.

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Last Updated: 03-10-2011

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Lovely Lane Methodist Church , designed by th~ note d architect Stanford White, is built in the Romanesque style of the early churches and basilicas in Ravenna , Italy. The entire exter­ior is constructed of gray ashlar rock- face Port Deposit granite, creating an effect of massiveness broken only by strictly limited ornamentation . There are deep porticos on both the south and east facades, with round arches and col­umns , and wide flights of steps . Small rows of l eaded windows penetrate the walls in the apse a nd at the clerestory level . There is a simple projecting stone cornice. The eas t and west end walls curve out to form the bases of semiconical sections of roof . The roof is covered with carved s-shaped Spanish tiles of Roman Red color.

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The most conunanding feature of the exterior is the square bell-tower, embedded at the southeast corner of the building , and patterned after the campanile of the twelfth-century church of Santa Maria , Abbey of Pomposa, near Ravenna. It rises in nine tiers of narrowing perimeter separated by stringcourses, with small windows, corner pinnacles , and a conical roof. The architect planned to achieve a balance between the mass of the tower and the college buildings (see erected concurrently on the adjoining lot to the north.

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The church building itself is comprised of several parts : the sanctuary, church school· and reception rooms, a chapel on the western side, and the parsonage on the northern side. The sanctuary is elliptical in shape , with a gallery encircling it and leading up to the Roosevelt organ which is above and back of the pulpit. The pulpit is a reproduction of that of St . Apo~linaris , in Ravenna. The cornice and frieze are artistic combinations of carving , stucco, and metals. The stained glass windows in the frieze are repro­ductions of the mosaics taken from the fifth - century Church of St. Piaceta , and preserved in the Christian Museum of St . John Lateran at Rome •

The dome or vault of the sanctuary is an exceedingly flatten­ed ellipse, patterned after that of St. Sophia , at Constan­tinople . The firmament is represented in blue and gold on the ceiling, with every visible star in the position it occupied in the sky at 3 A. M. on the day of the church ' s dedication. By coincidence this arrangement of the heavens was the same as the one which appeared over Judea at the birth of Christ, with the exception of one star, which, church officials speculate, might have been the Star of Bethlehem.

The dome is carried forward in gilded corbels, after the dome of the Cathedral of Anastasia. Tongues of golden flame en­

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The Lovely Lane Methodist Church derive s it significance from two sources: its archite ctural merit and its religious hist­ory. Considered one of Bal t imore ' s outstanding architectural monuments, it is a lso known as t he Mother Church of American Methodism.

Eighteenth-century Methodist congre gations of this country were found only in scattered groups. At Christmas , 1784, representatives of the se gr oups came together at a conference held at the original Lovely Lane Meeting House, built in 1774 and located on the present site of the Merchants' Club (206 East Redwood Street). At this Christmas Conference, the Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States was organi zed, and Reverend Francis Asbuiy was ordained as its first bishop. The Lovely Lane congregation moved to three new locations in later years. Then Reverend John F. Goucher was appointed pastor of the church, wh~ch had b e en named the First Methodist Episcopal Church in 1872, and the decision was made to build a new church on the pres ent site. Construction was begun in 1884, and the entire building was consecrated on November 6, 1887 . In 1954, the name of the church was changed to Lovely Lane Methodist Church, "thus r e storing and reclaiming her heritage and lineage of descent from the Mother Church of American Methodism. " 1

The Women ' s College of Baltimore, founded in 1885 by Reverend Goucher and others, occupied several similar builidngs still standing adjacent to the church . Reverend Goucher served as president from 1890 to 1908 , and upon his retirement, the institution ' s name was changed to Goucher College. The college is now located in Towson, Maryland.

In 1955 , the Baltimore Conference Historical Society opened the Lovely Lane Museum in the church building . This museum contains priceless treasures of early Methodist history.

The architectural significance of the Lovely Lane Methodist Chur ch is based on its design by Stanford White , one of America ' s foremost architects . "By its sheer force of design

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2525 Riva Road I --CITY OR TOIVN: STATE 1 cooc:

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~~STATE LIA.ISON 0 .FFICER CERTIFICA llOt·h .. ·' .. NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION

As the designated State Liaison Offic er for the Na- ,

tional Historic Preservation A ct of 1966 (Public Law I hereby certify that this property is included in the

89-665), l hereby nominate this property for inclusion National Register.

in the National Register and certify that it has been

evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set

forth by the National Park Service. The re com me oded Chief, Office of Archeoloay and His toric Preservat ion

level of signilicance of this nomination is:

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ATTEST: Orlando Ridout IV

Title State Liaison Officer for Maryland Keeper of The National Reaister

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#6 . REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS

Maryland Register of Historic Si tes and Landmarks

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#7. DESCRIPTION

circle the whole vault. The hand-carved woodwork of the interior of the church is of solid black birch .

A rectangular addition was bullt in 1930 on the northwest corner, to house socia l rooms and a kitchen.

#8. SIGNIFICANCE

White ' s First Methodist Church must be placed close to Latrobe ' s Cathedral as Baltimore ' s most monumental architec­ture .11 2 The church itself is more than a monument; it remains a living force of religious influence in Baltimore and throughout the Methodist Church .

iAmerican Methodist Bicentennial , 1766- 1966 , (Baltimore: Baltimore Conference Methodist Historical Society , 1966 , p. 66

2Richard Hubbard Howland and Eleanor Patterson Spencer, The Architecture of Baltimore - A Pictoria l History , Balti ­more : The Johns Hopkins Press , 1953, pp. 102- 103 .

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IL NAME COMMON: Lovelv Lane Methodist Church ANO/ OR HISTORI C : First Methodist Episcopal Church

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2. NAME First ethodiet Church l ove l y lane Method i st Chur ch

IJethodiat c ll\ttl:hOR PERIOD 1882 . snLE Roman:,/ue Revival

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The plan of the First M ethodist Churoh is an ove.l auditorium­no.ve encompaaeed by massive granite walls . "These walls are penetra.ted only by two deep arQaded porticoes and by rov1S of small windows in the apse and on the clerestory level. To the east and west the end walls swell out in bold wide curves to form the bases of eemicont:cal eeotions of roof. The great bell tower on the corner is embedded in the body of the Church, not merely adjacent t o it.Leo that it dramatizee the fine three dimensional structure. " (The Architecture of Baltimore , Howland and Spencer , 1953, p . 102 J

Set on top of the stone tower ia a conical spire which reflects the l'lO.in roof of the nave . Ur. Stanford White , the architect, attained experience wh1l\\ working on Trinity Church , Boston, Uaseachusette , under ttr. Henry Hobson !!ichardeon who was at the peak of hio fame as an architect between 1870 and 1886. The heavy r.omanesque feeling, on Trinity Church , ie repeated in ?Jr. Vfhito•e work in Bal.titlore .

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.. 2200 St. Poul Street 1882- 1887 Architect: Stanford Whi.te

This building is one of the most significant and forcefu lly designed landmarks i~ Baltimore. The work of the world-famous architect, Stanford White, Lovely Lane Church was built of Port Deposit granite in the Romanesque stlye. The massive bel I-tower is reminiscent of the 12th century $'onto Moria in Pomposo Church, near Ravenna, Italy. Dr. John F. Goucher, founder and president of Goucher College, was the pastor at the time the church was erected.

Although this building is the fifth home of its congregation, it is r~vered as the "Mother Church of American Methodism" because on Christmas Eve, 1784, in the original Lovely Lane Meeting House, the Methodists gathered to organize their scattered churches into a single national body. A museur:n of Methodism is maintained by the Methodist Historical Society in the present building. ' ·

Deed ref: JB 1284/486 Lot size: 150' x 178' Wd: 12 Sec: 8 Blk:3819 Lot:l7 Owner: First Methodist Episcopal Church

B-17 Lovely Lane Methodist Church 2200 Saint Paul Street Block 3819 Lot 017 Baltimore City Baltimore East Quad.

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