St. George Lutheran Church (Edinburgh, Indiana)

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St. George Lutheran Church
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LocationState Road 252, east of Edinburgh, Jackson Township, Shelby County, Indiana
Coordinates 39°21′51″N85°53′41″W / 39.36417°N 85.89472°W / 39.36417; -85.89472 Coordinates: 39°21′51″N85°53′41″W / 39.36417°N 85.89472°W / 39.36417; -85.89472
Arealess than one acre
Built1867 (1867)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 84001627 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 24, 1984

St. George Lutheran Church is a historic Lutheran church located in Jackson Township, Shelby County, Indiana.

The congregation was established by Abraham Miller in 1838, meeting at first in George Warner's farmhouse. The first dedicated church was completed in 1844 on the current site. [2] In 1867, the members sold the frame church to a Baptist group and pledged $5000 to build the current structure. [2]

Architecture

Completed in 1867, the current church is a one-story, rectangular, Greek Revival style building of local brick. It has a gable-front roof and features round-arched openings. The roof is topped by a square bell tower with a steeply pitched hipped roof; [3] :2 the bell was cast at the Buckeye Foundry in Cincinnati. [2] The church's stained and etched glass windows were imported from Germany. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Church History, Saint George Lutheran Church, retrieved 2021-02-08
  3. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-07-01.Note: This includes Harold Isley (September 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. George Lutheran Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs