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Saint John's Episcopal Church (Crawfordsville, Indiana)

Coordinates: 40°2′25″N 86°53′58″W / 40.04028°N 86.89944°W / 40.04028; -86.89944
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Saint John's Episcopal Church
St. John's Episcopal Church, November 2010
Saint John's Episcopal Church (Crawfordsville, Indiana) is located in Indiana
Saint John's Episcopal Church (Crawfordsville, Indiana)
Saint John's Episcopal Church (Crawfordsville, Indiana) is located in the United States
Saint John's Episcopal Church (Crawfordsville, Indiana)
Location212 S. Green St., Crawfordsville, Indiana
Coordinates40°2′25″N 86°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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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