Immanuel Lutheran Church - Washington, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 33.422 W 091° 00.928
15S E 672918 N 4269488
Very old church, built in the 1880s.
Waymark Code: WM10NF2
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/02/2019
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County of church: Franklin County
Location of church: W. 5th St., between Elm St & Oak St., Washington
Phone: (636) 239-4705
Pastor: Rev. Dr. Mark Bangert
Built: 1882
Founded: 1862
Architectural Style: Gothic Revival
Marquee Text:
Immanuel Lutheran
Church, Mo. Synod
LIFE IS SHORT
DEATH IS SURE
SIN THE CAUSE
CHRIST THE CURE
________________
SATURDAY WORSHIP 6pm
SUNDAY 800 - 1045
SUNDAY SCHOOL - 930
"On April 21, 1862, this small group met in the home of Henry Walkenhorst. The Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Congregation, U. A. C., was organized, a constitution adopted, and Pastor Matuschka was called as pastor. The nine charter members were: Henry Walkenhorst, Christian Wehmueller, W. Bohle, H. Langenberg, Casper Gehner, Fr. Nierdirk, Sr., Henry Klingsick, Frederick Fricke, and William Fricke.
"For a short time services were held in the Presbyterian and Methodist churches, but in January, 1863, the first church was dedicated. A Christian day school was soon established by the pastor. There were fifteen scholars, and the school was held on the first floor of a house on Jefferson street. The upper story served as the pastor's dwelling. In 1868, a spacious brick parsonage was erected behind the church, and is in use at the present time.
"The congregation grew rapidly, and in 1882, a stately new church was built, and the old church was thereafter used as a school building. In the summer of 1894, a second story was added to the school, to be used as a meeting place" ~ Washington Historical Society