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Wytheville in Wythe County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
 

St. John’s Lutheran Church

 
 
St. John’s Lutheran Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Wintermantel, May 7, 2021
1. St. John’s Lutheran Church Marker
Inscription. German settlers formed a congregation here that was a center of Lutheranism in Virginia throughout the 19th century. The church built around 1800 was replaced by the present structure in 1854. The cemetery has distinctive stones dating from 1804 to the present. St. John's became a part of Holy Trinity, Wytheville, in 1924.
 
Erected 1973 by Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. (Marker Number FR-26.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Churches & Religion. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1800.
 
Location. 36° 57.666′ N, 81° 6.078′ W. Marker is in Wytheville, Virginia, in Wythe County. Marker is at the intersection of North 4th Street / Sony Fork Road (U.S. 52) and Exit 70 (Interstate 81), on the right when traveling north on North 4th Street / Sony Fork Road. Marker has been updated/reproduced. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wytheville VA 24382, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Historic St. John Lutheran Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Battle of Wytheville (within shouting distance of this marker); The Flohr House (about 400 feet away, measured
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in a direct line); a different marker also named Battle of Wytheville (approx. one mile away); Welcome to the Thomas J. Boyd Museum (approx. 1.1 miles away); LOVE (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Lynching of Raymond Byrd (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Haller-Gibboney Rock House (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wytheville.
 
Previous St. John’s Lutheran Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. J. Prats, May 28, 2011
2. Previous St. John’s Lutheran Church Marker
St. John’s Lutheran Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Wintermantel, May 7, 2021
3. St. John’s Lutheran Church Marker
St. John’s Lutheran Church image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. J. Prats, May 28, 2011
4. St. John’s Lutheran Church
St. John’s Lutheran Church image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. J. Prats, May 28, 2011
5. St. John’s Lutheran Church
St. John’s Lutheran Church Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. J. Prats, May 28, 2011
6. St. John’s Lutheran Church Cemetery
George Daniel Flohr Log House image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. J. Prats, May 28, 2011
7. George Daniel Flohr Log House
Virginia Historic Landmark image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Doda, July 25, 2020
8. Virginia Historic Landmark
St. John’s Lutheran Church Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 18, 2023
9. St. John’s Lutheran Church Cemetery
St. John’s Lutheran Church Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 18, 2023
10. St. John’s Lutheran Church Cemetery
St. John’s Lutheran Church Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 18, 2023
11. St. John’s Lutheran Church Cemetery
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 22, 2011, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,116 times since then and 59 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on May 12, 2021, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.   2. submitted on July 22, 2011, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.   3. submitted on May 12, 2021, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.   4. submitted on July 23, 2011, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.   5. submitted on July 22, 2011, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.   6, 7. submitted on July 23, 2011, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.   8. submitted on December 20, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio.   9, 10, 11. submitted on July 15, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

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