John Welch (architect)
John Welch was an architect and builder of Brooklyn, New York who designed numerous churches. He was one of the founders of American Institute of Architects. A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
His St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church in Brooklyn, designed and built by Welch during 1888-89, has been said to be "among the largest and finest of nineteenth-century ecclesiastical structures in New York City".
Works include:
- Newark Orphan Asylum, now known as Eberhardt Hall, New Jersey Institute of Technology, High and Bleeker Sts., Newark, New Jersey, NRHP-listed
- South Park Calvary United Presbyterian Church, 1035 Broad St., Newark, New Jersey, NRHP-listed
- St. James' A.M.E. Church, High and Court Sts., Newark, New Jersey, NRHP-listed
- St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church, 520 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn, New York, NRHP-listed
- Centenary Queen Square United Church, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
