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St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church · 81 Christopher Street
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

[St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 81 Christopher Street.]

Formerly St. Matthew's Church, originally The Eighth Presbyterian Church.

IMAGE DATE1978
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St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, ca. 1978.

Built 1821-22 as the Eighth Presbyterian Church, the Federal style church was sold to St. Matthew’s Episcopal in 1842. The church was sold again in 1855, this time to a Lutheran congregation of German immigrants. In 1886, Victorian embellishments were added to the facade, including a new pediment inscription commemorating the church’s German-American heritage: “Deutsche Evangelish-Lutherische St. Johannes Kirche.

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