Hanceville in Cullman County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

Cullman County

Photographed by Deborah Spencer, August 15, 2026

1. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Marker

Inscription.
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church is the oldest Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod church building in Alabama still in use by its original congregation. The Missouri Synod founded in 1857 and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination and is the second largest Lutheran body in the United States. The first members built the church in 1885 and dedicated it to the "proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ" in February 1886. The building's interior was completed in September 1887. This original structure served the congregation for almost seventy years. In the late 1940s, the church moved the structure a block away to a church members property to accommodate the current sanctuary's construction, which was completed around 1950. The church served many purposes in this location including a place for worship, a hay barn, a Halloween haunted house, and a basketball court. In 1981, the church moved the building to its current location, only 100 feet from its original site and turned 90 degrees, where it serves today as the C.T. Burkart Memorial Fellowship Hall.

Listed in the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on September 6, 1984

Erected 2021

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by Members of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church and Alabama Historical Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1886.

Location. 34° 3.65′ N, 86° 45.839′ W. Marker is in Hanceville, Alabama, in Cullman County. It is at the intersection of Commercial Street and Bulldog Ln, on the right when traveling east on Commercial Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 505 Commercial St, Hanceville AL 35077, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: History of a Name

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Photographed by Deborah Spencer, August 15, 2026

2. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

(approx. 0.3 miles away); General Forrest’s (approx. 2.6 miles away); The Little School House (approx. 3.3 miles away); Bent But Not Broken (approx. 8 miles away); Berlin/Kritner Cemetery (approx. 8½ miles away); Colonel John G. Cullmann (approx. 8½ miles away); The Ave Maria Grotto (approx. 8.6 miles away); St. John’s Evangelical Protestant Church (approx. 8.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hanceville.

Photographed by Deborah Spencer, August 15, 2026

3. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

Credits. This page was last revised on August 22, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 19, 2026, by Deborah Spencer of Huntsville, Alabama. This page has been viewed 9 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 19, 2026, by Deborah Spencer of Huntsville, Alabama. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.