First Lutheran Church - Pasadena Campus
Lutheran · Traditional worship · Pasadena, CA
- Location
- Pasadena, California 91101
- Denomination
- Lutheran
- Worship style
- Traditional
- Size
- Mid-size
- Ministries & emphasis
- Traditional, Expository Preaching, Kids Ministry, Youth Ministry, Small Groups
- Google rating
- ★ 4.6 (11 reviews)
- Kids ministry
- Yes
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Founded in 1892, Historic First Lutheran is one of the oldest churches in Pasadena. It is also the San Gabriel Valley's oldest Lutheran congregation. The church building itself is over 75 years old and is designated a Pasadena City Landmark. Through the churches which Historic First Lutheran founded, all other Lutheran Churches in Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties have been started, making Historic First Lutheran the Mother/Grandmother/Great-Grandmother church of those counties. The church is an excellent example of Mission Revival style architecture. The Church has obviously taken pride in the building and maintained the exterior appearances intact. The following features of the church are characteristic of the Mission Revival style: stucco walls, gable roofs covered with clay tiles, arcades with segmental arches, corner bell tower, balconets and iron railings on the tower, molded front entry surround, and deeply recessed windows. Frederick Kennedy, Jr. and David Ogilvie were architects whose designs made significant contributions to the architectural heritage of Pasadena. Frederick Kennedy designed several other major churches in Pasadena, including the Throop Memorial (300 S. Los Robles), First Baptist (with Carlton M. Winslow at 75 N. Marengo), Trinity Lutheran Church (with Quintin and Kerr at 997 E. Walnut), and Third Church of Christ Scientist (2801 E. Colorado, for which he received a California Honor Award). His commercial buildings include the seven-story Pasadena Furniture Co. Building (with Curlett and Beelman on Colorado Blvd. east of Oakland; now demolished), three auto showrooms in the 300 block of W. Colorado Blvd. (NR), and the Fish Building at 24-28 E. Colorado (NR contributor in Old Pasadena). Institutional projects include two Mayfield School buildings and the American Legion Building on N. Marengo (with Ed Maybury). In addition, his designs for houses in Pasadena were often featured in newspaper articles. His expertise in school buildings led to designs for Santa Paula High School, Baldwin Park High School, Mt. Sac Junior College, and four buildings at the University of La Verne, all designs that received California Honor Awards. City records identify nearly 15 houses in the Pasadena area designed by David Ogilvie, most of them being large houses in the southern part of the city. His South Pasadena home at 2000 Ashbourne Drive won the second place prize in a national competition for the use of brick in homes. A commercial project of his is located at the northwest corner of Green and Madison (new site of Culinary Arts School) in the NR Playhouse District. His design for the Pasadena Golf Club’s Clubhouse in Altadena received numerous mentions in newspapers in the late 1920s. The Church is the best local example of Mission Revival design in this property type. City of Pasadena Cultural Heritage Landmarks Worship Center Architects: Frederick Kennedy Jr David Ogilvie 1936 Parish Hall Architect: Scott Quintin 1940 Koch Hall Architect: David Ogilvie 1948 This is a wonderful Christian community that cares about its parishioners. It helps when you have a dynamic and engaging pastor. I may be biased, but the Rev. Christopher Schaar is one of the best. If this was my regular worshipping community I would be proud to say he is my pastor and that this was my church. Whenever I visit I always feel welcome. Now that is sharing the love of Jesus Christ!😃 Great church and service. Lots of families and activities outside of daily Sunday worship. If you are a Lutheran I highly recommend attending. Pastor Schaar is a delight to listen to. Bible Centered message beautiful music welcoming congregation fantastic pastor Wonderful historic presence with a passion for today's people!
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