St. Peter's English Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Peter's English Evangelical Lutheran Church, a member of the General Council, was organized on March 30, 1895. Meeting in vacant stores originally, the congregation obtained lots at 3300 W. LeMoyne, at N. Spaulding Ave. The first unit of the church building was completed in April 1902 and the completed structure (pictured above) was finished in 1919.
The church building was remodeled in 1938 and 1955.
Outdoor service in partially completed church building, 1914.
In 1965 St. Peter's merged with
St. Simon's (1889, General Synod) to form
Simon Peter Lutheran Church at 1540 N. Spaulding Ave. Simon Peter disbanded in December 1991.
Interior, ca. 1914.
Christmas tree, ca. 1914.
|
Pastors |
|
|
Luther Hogshead (student) |
1896-1897 |
|
Harry B. Reed (student 1897-1899) |
1897-1915 |
|
A.J. Arendt |
1915-1920 |
|
Paul E. Bishop |
1921-1930 |
|
Freeman A. Kunz |
1931-1957 |
|
William Thoresen |
1958-1959 |
|
Karl Kuskevics |
1960-1965 |
Sunday School, 1914.
The ELCA Region 5 Archive in Dubuque, Iowa, has church minutes from 1898-1909 and 1952-1965, and membership records 1927-1958. The ELCA Archives has congregational histories and other materials relating to St. Peter's.
Sources
St. Peter's English Evangelical Lutheran Church, Our Fiftieth Anniversary in Christ, 1945.
Simon Peter Lutheran Church, 100th Anniversary, World Communion Sunday bulletin, Oct. 1, 1989.