Rubicon Township in Port Hope in Huron County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
St. John's Lutheran Church
Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, June 12, 2023
1. St. John's Lutheran Church Marker
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by The United States Department of the Interior
Erected 1987 by The United States Department of the Interior.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion • Notable Buildings.
Location. 43° 56.45′ N, 82° 43.109′ W. Marker is in Port Hope, Michigan, in Huron County. It is in Rubicon Township. Marker is at the intersection of 2nd Street and State Road, on the left when traveling north on 2nd Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4527 2nd Street, Port Hope MI 48468, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Rubicon Township Hall (approx. ¼ mile away); 1903 - The Rail Comes to Port Hope (approx. 0.4 miles away); E Cook Anchor (approx. half a mile away); Old School House Bell Tower Roof (approx. half a mile away); Port Hope Time Capsule (approx. half a mile away); Port Hope Chimney (approx. half a mile away); AMVETS Post 115 (approx. 1.3 miles away); George "Randy" Raison Covered Bridge (approx. 6½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Port Hope.
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1. St. John's Lutheran Church NRHP Nomination Form. Excerpt:
(Submitted on January 15, 2024, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan.)
The red brick, Gothic-style St. John's Lutheran Church, standingat the intersection of State and Second Streets and facing easterly down State Street, is a prominent visual landmark in Port Hope. The long and com- paratively narrow structure has a steeply pitched gable roof and a symmetrical facade with a centrally posi- tioned, square-plan tower topped by a wood belfry and spire projecting slightly beyond the facade's principal wall plane. Gothic in style, St. John's has stone-trimmed, brick buttresses at the angles and separating the side walls' window bays and pointed-arch windows filled with stained glass. Agable-roof projection at the church's west end contains the chancel. The sanctuary has a plaster ceiling with a flat area in the center flanked on either side by a sloping portion extending to the side wall. A rear gallery supported by round wood columns contains the organ. Two tiers of stained wood pews flanking a central aisle face the chancel, whose original furnishings were replaced in the 1940s with dark stained wood ones of Gothic inspiration. Attached to the south side of the church by a short corridor connector is a cross-gable-roof, one-story wing added in 1981. The wing matches closely the style of the 1899 church.
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Significance
St. John's Lutheran Church is the most visible manifestation in Port Hope of the area's large German-American Protestant community dating from the 1860s and 1870s and the constructionof the present church in 1899 was one of the most important events in the history of that community. The church building is a typical, but little altered example of late nineteenth-century Lutheran church design in Huron County and Michigan. It replaced the congregation's first church, a frame structure built in 1871 that stood on the same site.Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, June 12, 20232. St. John's Lutheran Church Marker
2. St. John's Lutheran Church. (Submitted on January 15, 2024, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan.)
Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, June 12, 2023
3. Cornerstone
Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, June 12, 2023
4. St. John's Lutheran Church
Credits. This page was last revised on January 16, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 15, 2024, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. This page has been viewed 38 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 15, 2024, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
