Lutcher United Methodist Church - Lutcher, LA
N 30° 02.567 W 090° 41.950
15R E 721844 N 3325756
Fine old church building, in great condition. Queen Anne, Gothic Revival style building. Easy to access and photograph. Located on Texas St. in Lutcher, easy to find.
Waymark Code: WM53E8
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 11/04/2008
Views: 6
Locals watched me through blinds, but had no problems walking all around building and surrounding areas to photograph. I was suprised at the fine condition, and I honestly, was not expecting this fine of a building. In very good condition and the grounds were well groomed.
Quick search I did not find alot of history on church, so I'll list history from
here .
The small community of Lutcher was founded by the Lutcher and Moore Cypress Lumber
Company in 1891. Because the community, was first and foremost a mill town, the residences and
other buildings erected by the company were, for the most part, plain and utilitarian structures. Only
the company office and a handful of the manager's homes could claim even a modicum of style.
This facet is verified by the St. James Parish Historic Structures Survey. Conducted in 1987-88, the survey identifies approximately 400 Lutcher structures as being at least fifty years of age. This
surviving building stock consists primarily of small undistinguished bungalows, generic shotguns,
simple galleried cottages, and extremely plain Queen Anne style cottages. In contrast to this
comparatively humble patrimony. The Lutcher United Methodist Church is a styled building
incorporating distinctly articulated elements from both the Gothic Revival and the Queen Anne. Its
combination of single and triple lancet windows (some exhibiting lozenge-like tracery), quatrefoil
decorations' fishscale shingles, asymmetrical massing, and four stage bell tower sets the structure
apart from every other building within the community.