Lutheran Church of Our Savior

92-14 63rd Dr
1931, Benjamin Braunstein

In 1926, the Pastor from the Bethany Lutheran Church of Elmhurst reached out to the president of the recently organized Rego Park's Community Club to use their headquarters for worship and Sunday School. The congregation adopted the name of "The Neighborhood Lutheran Church of Rego Park”, and by 1927 their continuous growth required them to relocate to a vacant store on Queens Blvd, near 63rd Drive. The Rego Construction Company then offered the congregation a property at Wetherole St. to build a chapel, which was gifted by Bethany Lutheran Church.

In 1930, the newly independent congregation began a campaign to build a colonial style structure with a Sunday School room in its basement. Benjamin Braunstein was commissioned to design the building, with modifications by Fred Kirchhoff. Construction began in the fall of 1931 and was completed the following year. Throughout this time, they continued receiving donations from prominent community members and other churches.
Today, the church continues to be a neighborhood staple, maintaining most of its original features such as a stained-glass window along 63rd Drive, a cupola, arched windows with a pitched roof, and a large garden.

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