Click above images to enlarge Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church 4461 Twenty-Eighth Street, Detroit - Wayne County Other Names Motor City Baptist Church Property Type church Historic Use RELIGION Current Use RELIGION Style Gothic Architect/Builder Spier and Rohns Narrative Description The Gethsemane Lutheran Church is an end-gabled-roofed, frame, Victorian Gothic chapel with a central tower and vestibule in front. It is clad in its original, feather-edged, clapboard siding. The side elevations are identical. Each is composed of tall lancet-arched, stained-glass windows. The eaves are trimmed with widely spaced, shallow, curved, brackets and an arcaded, paneled frieze. Statement of Significance The Gethsemane Evangelical Church is architecturally significant as a rare example of a wooden, High Victorian Gothic chapel by the well known architectural firm of Spier and Rohns. It is particularly notable for its unusual and well-preserved interior decorating. The Gethsemane Evangelical Church became defunct in 1976 and was bought by the Motor City Baptist Church in 1978. Period of Significance 1866-1900 Significant Date(s) 1891 Registry Type(s) 04/22/1982 National Register listed 10/02/1980 State Register listed Site ID# P25125