Interior - St. John's Lutheran Church, Waterloo, Ontario

Description

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Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

Black and white photograph of the interior of St. John's Lutheran Church in Waterloo, Ontario. The organ is at the rear of the church

Notes

The photograph is damaged. A vertical fold and rip runs through the centre of the photograph.

St. John's Lutheran Church (1837-2018) in Waterloo, Ontario was a member of the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. The congregation was formed in 1837, and a modest church was built in uptown Waterloo, at the modern-day intersection of King and Bridgeport Streets. The congregation eventually outgrew the building, and in 1883 a new church was constructed on the same plot of land. On October 31, 1959, a devastating fire destroyed the church. The congregation chose to rebuild at 22 Willow Street in Waterloo, and the new church was dedicated on October 14, 1962.

In 2018, St. John's Lutheran Church merged with St. Mark's Lutheran Church and Reformation Lutheran Church to form Trillium Lutheran Church, a worship community of the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Trillium Lutheran Church is located in the former St. John’s Lutheran Church building at 22 Willow Street in Waterloo, Ontario.

Inscriptions

Reverse: Audrey Michels / Back Interior of Church - before Redmodeling / Church destroyed by fire, 1959 / Archives

Date of Original

Between 1925 and 1952

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