St. John's Lutheran Church and School

Historic church in Indiana, United States

United States historic place


St. John's Lutheran Church and School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district


38°58′36″N 85°06′12″W / 38.97667°N 85.10333°W / 38.97667; -85.10333
Area	22 acres (8.9 ha)
Built	1867
Built by	Zernack, Julius
Architectural style	Gothic Revival, Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.	96000289^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 29, 1996

St. John's Lutheran Church is a congregation of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.^[2] located in Caesar Creek Township, Dearborn County, Indiana. Organized in 1843, the congregation has about 300 baptized members.

The historic Gothic Revival style wood frame church (1867), teacherage (1874), school house (1888), two barns, bungalow style parsonage (1930), and school building (1950) constitute a national historic district.^[3]^: 5 It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Find a Church". Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved August 1, 2015. Note: This includes Cindy Schutte and Jeffrey L. Huntington (September 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. John's Lutheran Church and School" (PDF). Retrieved September 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs.