St. John's Lutheran Church

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1889 First German Lutheran Church
503 N. Rodney

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The First German Lutheran Church purchased this lot on the northeast corner of Ninth Ave. and Rodney St. from T. H. Kleinschmidt in February of 1889. Construction soon began, and the cornerstone of the building was laid on May 1, 1889. The church was formally dedicated on Oct. 27, 1889. The adjacent parsonage was built about 1900.

The 1904 Church, 48 11th Avenue
Photographed in 1949

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St. John's Young People and Others, circa 1927
Pastor Peter A. Fair (1860-1930) is on the Left

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St. John's Lutheran Church
1000 Helena Ave.
1951

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