Wheeling, W.Va. St. John’s German Evangelical Protestant Church records, 1885-1887.
Scope and Contents
The volumes in this collection contain records of church activity and weekly sermons.
Dates
- 1885-1887
Creator
Restrictions on Access
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Restrictions on Use
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Historical Note
The St. John’s German Evangelical Church was founded in 1835 by a group of German immigrants who had settled in Wheeling. They first worshipped in a frame building, and then the county court house, before erecting a church in 1836. This first church was the “Erste Deutsche Lutherische Kirche” (First German Lutheran Church). In 1870, the church merged with another parish and the name changed to St. John’s German Evangelical Protestant Church. Along with the merger came a new church building which was completed in 1872. The third and final church building was constructed in 1908 after the congregation was forced to sell the second to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1806. Another merger in 1961 resulted in one final name change to St. John’s United Church of Christ.
Extent
2 Volumes
Language of Materials
German
Abstract
The St. John’s German Evangelical Church was founded in 1835 by a group of German immigrants who had settled in Wheeling. In 1870, the church merged with another parish and the name changed to St. John’s German Evangelical Protestant Church. The records of the church appear to report church activity and the weekly sermons.
Arrangement
This collection has been arranged chronologically.
Acquisition Information
Materials were gifted to the Congregational Library & Archives by the Chicago Theological Seminary in 2014; Accession: 2014-124.
Bibliography
Processing Information
Processed by William McCarthy, July 2017, using DACS Second Edition.
Creator
- Title
- Wheeling, W.Va. St. John’s German Evangelical Protestant Church records, 1885-1887.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- William McCarthy
- Date
- 2017-07-18
- Description rules
- 3
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Congregational Library & Archives Repository