St. John's Lutheran Church

Description:

Black and white photograph of the tower detail of St. John's Lutheran Church located at 10 Archdale Street.

Built c. 1816-1818 by architect Frederick Wesner; it is a rectangular stuccoed brick building with a tower and a portico with four Tuscan columns. It isn't known who designed the tower but the brick work was done by Henry and John Horlbeck while the iron work was done by Abraham Reeves.

Photographer Charles N. Bayless, funded by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, photographed and recorded the Carolina Lowcountry between 1970 and 1988. The South Carolina Project took place between 1977 and 1979.

• Title: St. John's Lutheran Church
• Photographer: Bayless, Charles Nield, 1914-1991
• Date: 1977-1979

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: HABS South Carolina Project
• Object Id: MK 11816

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