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Near Jacksonport in Door County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church

 
 
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Devon Polzar, July 2013
1. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Marker
Inscription. On January 18, 1889, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church was formally incorporated. The congregation consisted mostly of German Lutheran immigrants from the district of Saxon-Weimar-Eisenach who settled in the Jacksonport area. That spring the newly organized congregation started to construct a forty-by-twenty-eight-foot wood-frame structure using locally donated logs. The land was provided by John and Rose Anschutz, the foundation by Ernest Wiegand, the lime by John Flock, and a week's labor by Henry Anschutz. In addition, six hundred dollars was raised by the sale of cordwood, the area's primary cash crop. During the winter of 1890, the congregation secured bricks for a chimney and paid Hans Johnson to build the altar, pulpit, and pews. The interior lath and plaster had to wait for warmer weather and was completed the following spring.
 
Erected 2012 by Wisconsin Historical Society. (Marker Number 544.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Churches & Religion. In addition, it is included in the Wisconsin Historical Society series list. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1842.
 
Location. 44° 59.825′ N, 87° 14.604′ W. Marker is near Jacksonport, Wisconsin, in Door County. Marker can be reached from the intersection
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of County Road T and Wendt Lane, on the right when traveling north. Marker is near the entrance to Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6710 County Road T, Egg Harbor WI 54209, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. The Episcopal Church of the Holy Nativity (approx. 2.6 miles away); Jacksonport United Methodist Church (approx. 3.1 miles away); Erskine Root Cellar (approx. 3.1 miles away); St. Michael the Archangel (approx. 3.1 miles away); Town of Jacksonport (approx. 3.2 miles away); Reynolds' Pier (approx. 3.2 miles away); Anchor & Capstan (approx. 3.2 miles away); Halfway to the North Pole (approx. 3˝ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jacksonport.
 
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Devon Polzar, July 2013
2. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 25, 2013, by Devon Polzar of Port Washington, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 627 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 25, 2013, by Devon Polzar of Port Washington, Wisconsin. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.

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