10 Archdale Street (St. John's Lutheran Church)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

St. John's Lutheran Church

St. John's Lutheran Church

Name/Title

10 Archdale Street (St. John's Lutheran Church)

Entry/Object ID

ARCHDALE.010.001

Scope and Content

Constructed 1816-18; additions 1859, 1896; restored 1990-91. Frederick Wesner, architect; Abraham Reeves, ironwork designer. A rectangular, stuccoed brick edifice which combines Federal and Baroque elements. Erected in 1816-18 to replace a gambrel-roofed wooden building, the church is thought to have been designed by Frederick Wesner, who also designed the Old Citadel Building and the portico of the South Carolina Society Hall at 72 Meeting Street. Wesner guided construction of the wooden portions of the church, while John Horlbeck Jr. and Henry Horlbeck were responsible for the brickwork. Reverend John Bachman was pastor during this period and served the church for almost 60 years. It is not known who designed the tower that rises from the west gable to a height of 80 feet, although the artist Charles Fraser submitted a more traditional design that the committee rejected. This tower has 4 sections: the 1st has louvered bull's-eyes; the 2nd has shallow scrolls with heavy strap-work; the 3rd is the cupola with Italianate pilasters flanking open arches; and the 4th is the 4-sided dome with a bulbous finial. The portico, with its 4 Tuscan columns, wide entablature, and lunette in the pediment, is approached through iron gates designed by Abraham Paycom Reeves, and executed by Jacob S. Roh in 1822. The interior has galleries on 3 sides supported by slender cast-iron Corinthian columns and a recessed chancel with a window flanked by arched tablets. The pulpit was donated by late-19th-century cabinetmaker Jacob Sass and was added in 1896. Numerous gravestones in German combine with several slates imported from New England and large monuments to the great Lutheran merchant families of mid-19th-century Charleston. File contains a variety of histories and several newspaper articles from 1942 to 1979, including DYKYC. Also contains a photocopy of a drawing of the interior; Church Yard Committee report of 1/12/1997 regarding various issues.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

ARCHDALE.010.

Source or Donor

10 Archdale Street (St. John's Lutheran Church)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Archdale Street, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Church buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, St. John's Lutheran Church (Charleston, S.C.)

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 File Folder

Archive Notes

Finding Aids: Index to Property Files. Level of Description: Folder

Location

Location

Shelf

Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Notes

PF Box 8

Location

Container

PF Box 6

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Wesner, Frederick

Related Entries

Notes

2011.015.104, ARCHDALE.010.002, ARCHDALE.010.003, ARCHDALE.010.004, ARCHDALE.010.005

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 341-342

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Online Catalog

Label

Constructed 1816-18; additions 1859, 1896; restored 1990-91. Frederick Wesner, architect; Abraham Reeves, ironwork designer. A rectangular, stuccoed brick edifice which combines Federal and Baroque elements. Erected in 1816-18 to replace a gambrel-roofed wooden building, the church is thought to have been designed by Frederick Wesner, who also designed the Old Citadel Building and the portico of the South Carolina Society Hall at 72 Meeting Street. Wesner guided construction of the wooden portions of the church, while John Horlbeck Jr. and Henry Horlbeck were responsible for the brickwork. Reverend John Bachman was pastor during this period and served the church for almost 60 years. It is not known who designed the tower that rises from the west gable to a height of 80 feet, although the artist Charles Fraser submitted a more traditional design that the committee rejected. This tower has 4 sections: the 1st has louvered bull's-eyes; the 2nd has shallow scrolls with heavy strap-work; the 3rd is the cupola with Italianate pilasters flanking open arches; and the 4th is the 4-sided dome with a bulbous finial. The portico, with its 4 Tuscan columns, wide entablature, and lunette in the pediment, is approached through iron gates designed by Abraham Paycom Reeves, and executed by Jacob S. Roh in 1822. The interior has galleries on 3 sides supported by slender cast-iron Corinthian columns and a recessed chancel with a window flanked by arched tablets. The pulpit was donated by late-19th-century cabinetmaker Jacob Sass and was added in 1896. Numerous gravestones in German combine with several slates imported from New England and large monuments to the great Lutheran merchant families of mid-19th-century Charleston. File contains a variety of histories and several newspaper articles from 1942 to 1979, including DYKYC. Also contains a photocopy of a drawing of the interior; Church Yard Committee report of 1/12/1997 regarding various issues.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

July 26, 2005

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

August 8, 2023