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Pusheta Township in Fryburg in Auglaize County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

St. John Catholic Church and Parish Hall

11257 Van Buren Street

— Land of the Cross-Tipped Churches —

 
 
St. John Catholic Church and Parish Hall Marker image. Click for more information.
Photographed by Craig Doda, December 2, 2023
1. St. John Catholic Church and Parish Hall Marker
Cross-Tipped Churches Thematic Resource
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Inscription.
St. John Catholic Church and Parish Hall has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 by the United States Department of the Interior
 
Erected 2023 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 527.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1979.
 
Location. 40° 30.945′ N, 84° 8.895′ W. Marker is in Fryburg, Ohio, in Auglaize County. It is in Pusheta Township. It is on Van Buren Street south of Schemel Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 11257 Van Buren St, Wapakoneta OH 45895, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Till Plains. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site of first Sts. Peter & Paul Church & Graveyard (approx. 1.4 miles away); Sts. Peter and Paul Church (approx. 1½ miles away); First On The Moon (approx. 3.3 miles away); Wapakoneta (approx. 3½ miles away); a different marker also named Wapakoneta (approx.
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3½ miles away); Cpl. Christian Schnell (approx. 3½ miles away); Life After Apollo 11 (approx. 3½ miles away); The Journey Of This Jet (approx. 3½ miles away).
 
Also see . . .  Welcome To The Land of the Cross-Tipped Churches. (Submitted on December 10, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio.)
 
St. John Catholic Church and Parish Hall image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, December 2, 2023
2. St. John Catholic Church and Parish Hall
St. John Catholic Church date stone image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, December 2, 2023
3. St. John Catholic Church date stone
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 25, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 10, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 396 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on December 10, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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