Saint John's Episcopal Church | |
Location | 212 S. Green St., Crawfordsville, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 40°2′25″N86°53′58″W / 40.04028°N 86.89944°W Coordinates: 40°2′25″N86°53′58″W / 40.04028°N 86.89944°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1837 |
Architect | Garrison, John E.; Peck & Hayden |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 85000598 [1] |
Added to NRHP | March 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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