This painting of St. John’s Lutheran Church was done in 2011 by
Tea Preville, a Nelson resident whose body of work has become quite large. She is an artist of eclectic output and eclectic media, this one an oil on canvas, from her online gallery of
churches in Nelson, BC.
St. John’s Lutheran Church - Nelson, BC by Tea Preville
The photo was taken January 22nd, 2014 at 11:45 A.M. Painting and photo are done/taken from the sidewalk in front of the church, looking northwest.
Built in 1927, this little Lutheran Church has been on this corner for 86 years. It is a small, all wood (except for the foundation, which is concrete) church with classic "small town church" styling consisting of a steeply pitched roof, Gothic windows on each side, a small portico at the entrance, no bell tower, and a single cross atop the roof. The south east corner of the foundation contains a granite cornerstone dated 1927.
The cross, as of summer 2013, was still atop the roof. In January of 2014 it was no longer there.
This church is one of a trio which share a pastor: Peace-Trinity in Trail, St. Peter in Castlegar, and this church, St. John’s, in Nelson. Worship times are, respectively, 9:00 AM, 11:15 AM and 4:00 PM.