St.Martin's Evangelical Lutheran Church as seen from Slokas Street in Āgenskalns area of Riga, Latvia. April 30, 2023
Church is consecrated in 1852 and designed in Neo-Gothic forms by Johann Daniel Felsko. It was built as a church of the Hall type with built-in emporia (lanterns, balcony) and red brick facades in eclectic Romanesque architectural forms. The land for the construction of St Martin's Church was donated by the owner of Schwartz Manor, Dr. S. Schwartz. Between 1887 and 1888, the church was rebuilt according to a design by academician Heinrich Karl Schöll. The small old tower was demolished and a wide anteroom with two towers on each side was added to the building on the Slokas Street side. A new semicircular apse was built at the end of the altar.
St.Martin's Evangelical Lutheran Church as seen from Slokas Street in Āgenskalns area of Riga, Latvia. April 30, 2023
Church is consecrated in 1852 and designed in Neo-Gothic forms by Johann Daniel Felsko. It was built as a church of the Hall type with built-in emporia (lanterns, balcony) and red brick facades in eclectic Romanesque architectural forms. The land for the construction of St Martin's Church was donated by the owner of Schwartz Manor, Dr. S. Schwartz. Between 1887 and 1888, the church was rebuilt according to a design by academician Heinrich Karl Schöll. The small old tower was demolished and a wide anteroom with two towers on each side was added to the building on the Slokas Street side. A new semicircular apse was built at the end of the altar.