St Paul Center for Music and the Arts

This building was originally St. Paul's English Evangelical Lutheran Church, built in 1925 in the Gothic Revival style. It has more recently operated as the Saint Paul Lutheran Community of Faith, but the declining congregation was faced with an insuperable $1M+ repair bill after a recent engineering evaluation and made the difficult decision to give up the building which has now been deconsecrated. A nonprofit group was quickly formed to raise the funds needed to maintain the building as a performance venue. The sanctuary boasts exceptional acoustics and has been used for concerts for many years. The loss of this space would have been devastating for the arts community, so its last minute rescue is exceptionally good news. The new management organization will also make the sanctuary and other spaces available for both arts performances and community events including weddings and corporate meetings with spaces suitable for a range from small events to workshops to large conferences. The sanctuary/concert hall seats 400. State-of-the-art audio recording and video streaming are available. There are a variety of other spaces within the complex. I have been to many concerts here and can attest to its excellence as a performance space. This building is a major Denver landmark and I am thrilled to see such a terrific adaptive reuse in progress.