Saint John's Episcopal Church (Crawfordsville, Indiana) Explained

Saint John's Episcopal Church
Location:212 S. Green St., Crawfordsville, Indiana
Coordinates:40.0403°N -86.8994°W
Architect:Garrison, John E.; Peck & Hayden
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:March 21, 1985
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:85000598

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.[1]

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

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.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Saint John's Episcopal Church. 2016-05-01. Fern W. Brill. PDF. June 1984. and Accompanying photographs.
  2. [Hans Wilhelm Frei]