Veterans of the
Civil War 1861-1864
Gustaf Ahlstrand • Andrew Anderson • Carl Anderson • Olof Anderson • Eric Berglof • Louis Berglof ★ • August Bergquist • Nels Bjorklund • John Blad • John Bloomberg • Reverend Brodine • X Aaron . . . — — Map (db m202279) WM
Swedish Lutheran immigrants established here in 1850 their first congregation in America under Pastor L. P. Esbjorn and dedicated this house of worship in 1854.
A National Historic Site
604 Oak Street — — Map (db m202269) HM
The first house of worship of the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran congregation of Andover Illinois. An evidence of pioneering faith and devotion this church, begun in 1851 under the leadership of Pastor Lars Paul Esbjorn, was dedicated on Advent . . . — — Map (db m202278) HM
Erected by the Evangelical Lutheran Augustan Synod of North America in grateful recognition of its pioneer missionaries Pastor Lars Paul, Esbjörn and his wife, in whose home, three blocks south of this corner, the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church . . . — — Map (db m290703) HM
