Saint John's Episcopal Church (Crawfordsville, Indiana)

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}

Saint John's Episcopal Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
St. John's Episcopal Church, November 2010
Location	212 S. Green St., Crawfordsville, Indiana
Coordinates	40°2′25″N 86°53′58″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

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]

References

1. "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