Members of the Zion Lutheran Church Choir are pictured above
in front of the organ pipes. The photograph, by Mound Studio in Sandusky,
was taken between 1945 and 1955. Lovely stained glass windows are located on either
side of the organ pipes. Harold Parker is in the front center of the picture.
Mr. Parker, a well known Sandusky architect, directed the church choir at Zion
Lutheran Church for twenty five years. The church building, at 503 Columbus Avenue, was dedicated on Sunday, November 12,
1899. The architect and builder of Zion Lutheran was George Feick.
Two histories of Sandusky’s Zion Lutheran Church are found
in the local history section of the Sandusky Library. While the Sandusky
Library Archives Research Center does not have an extensive history of every
church in Erie County, Ohio, five archival boxes are devote to church histories
in the Churches Collection of the Archives. Included in these files are
histories of two African American churches, the Oheb Shalom Temple, along with
historical information from several Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist,
United Church of Christ, Presbyterian, and Unitarian churches in the area.
Church records are available on microfilm at the Sandusky Library Archives
Research Center for these churches:
Holy Angels Catholic ChurchSts. Peter and Paul Catholic ChurchSt. Mary’s Catholic ChurchSt. Anthony Catholic Church (Milan)Calvary Episcopal ChurchSt. John Lutheran ChurchFirst Presbyterian ChurchSt. Stephen’s United Church of ChristFirst Congregational Church of Christ
Erie County, Ohio is rich in church history, from circuit
riding Methodists, to abolitionist Congregationalists, to German Lutherans and
Catholic roots going back to Father J.P. Machbeuf. St. Stephen A.M.E. church was begun by several individuals who
had previously been enslaved. Four churches can be seen in the picture below of
Columbus Avenue, taken in the first half of the twentieth century.
Visit the Sandusky
Library Archives Research Center to view the Finding Aid for the Churches
Collection.
1 comment:
You referenced St.Stephens AME church as being founded by former slaves. It is commonly known and documented that Second Baptist Church founded in 1849 and known as the Anti-Slavery Baptist Church has the distinction and was also an Underground Railroad Station.
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