Japan Evangelical Lutheran Kurume Church

Japan Evangelical Lutheran Kurume Church

The Japan Evangelical Lutheran Kurume Church (日本福音ルーテル久留米教会) in Hiyoshimachi, central Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, has a chapel of 1918 and a brick wall of about 1927 registered as Registered Tangible Cultural Properties on September 10, 2019 (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Both are owned by the Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church.

The Agency notes that the rational plan and careful finish of the chapel show the character of the early work of William Merrell Vories.

The Two Structures

The chapel is a gabled brick building entered through a bell tower at its north-east corner, with a column-free interior under scissor trusses (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The brick wall runs along the street on the north side, set back at the centre for the main gate, with seven arches shown between its brick piers (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The Vories chapel and the wall built to match it give the church an orderly face to the street. Each structure is described on its own page.

Visiting

No official information on public access was found.