The Venue

Founded in 1903, The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer was the first English-speaking Lutheran congregation in Atlanta.

The current sanctuary at 731 Peachtree Street was completed in 1952 and is listed on the Georgia Historical Register. Designed by Harold E. Wagoner of Philadelphia, the gothic structure is of Tennessee quartzite and Indiana limestone. The interior is particularly distinguished by fine stained glass windows and symbolic wood carvings. The windows were designed by John R. Brokoff, D.D. and Herman W. Boozer and produced by Henry Lee Willet and the Willet Stained Glass Studios of Philadelphia. The wood carvings were made by DeLong, Lenski and DeLong, George Ciukurescu and Thorston Sigstedt.

In 2002, Redeemer dedicated a new organ built by Orgue Létourneau Lteé, based in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada. The instrument, the firm’s Opus 80, has three manuals, 59 stops, 73 ranks, 4,119 pipes, and some distinct characteristics. Two of the manual divisions are essentially a “Bach organ,” with German nomenclature for the stops and 16’ principal choruses that provide clarity in contrapuntal writing of Bach and other great Baroque composers. The third manual is French. The Hauptwerk, or antiphonal division, provides additional support for congregational singing, and is ideally located on the center axis of the room.

For more information about Redeemer, visit www.redeemer.org