Saint John's Episcopal Church (Crawfordsville, Indiana)

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Saint John's Episcopal Church
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Location212 S. Green St., Crawfordsville, Indiana
Coordinates 40°2′25″N86°53′58″W / 40.04028°N 86.89944°W / 40.04028; -86.89944 Coordinates: 40°2′25″N86°53′58″W / 40.04028°N 86.89944°W / 40.04028; -86.89944
Arealess than one acre
Built1837 (1837)
ArchitectGarrison, John E.; Peck & Hayden
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 85000598 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 21, 1985

Saint John's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was built in 1837 by an Episcopal congregation, organized through missionary bishop Jackson Kemper, and is a one-story, gable fronted frame building in the Greek Revival style. The original section measures 30 feet by 50 feet; a 30-foot rear addition was built in 1960. Atop the roof is a belfry added about 1950. It is the oldest remaining church building in Crawfordsville and Indiana's first Episcopal Church building. [2] :2,4

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

Theologian Hans Frei, a longtime Yale Divinity School faculty member and a significant figure in Post-liberal theology, briefly served as rector in the early 1950s. [3] [ circular reference ]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01.Note: This includes Fern W. Brill (June 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Saint John's Episcopal Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.
  3. Hans Wilhelm Frei