St. Martin's Evangelical Lutheran Church at 606 W. 15th Street in Austin.
Photography credit: PICA 25856, Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.
Docomomo US featured an important Austin mid-century
resource in their February newsletter. Many of us have admired St. Martin's
Evangelical Lutheran Church while driving down 15th Street. The article
"Saint Martin’s Evangelical Lutheran Church: Modernity and
Continuity" by Jason John Paul Haskins, Assoc. AIA, LEED BD+C, provides an
opportunity to learn more about this 1960 building by Robert Mather of Jessen
Jessen Millhouse and Greeven. Haskins says that this "[m]id-century
abstraction of the primitive Christian basilica represents a synthesis of
international movements in architecture and liturgy uncovering archetypal
models of inhabitation and ritual." We encourage you to read the full
article on Docomomo's website at http://docomomo-us.org/news/saint_martin's_evangelical_church_modernity_and_continuity.
