Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

LU3

Description

St. John's Episcopal Church, Janesville. 4 3/8" x 2 3/8" black and white photograph of St. John's Episcopal Church on First Street Janesville, Minn. This shows the church with steeple intact around 1975-1980. The steeple was later taken down because it became structurally unsafe. The church was originally built in 1875 and was the first Episcopal church in Janesville. The circular stained glass window was given by Bishop Whipple, head of the Episcopal church of Minnesota. (He was known to have befriended the Indians during the 1860s.) The arched stained glass window in front was given by one of the railroads (either the Chicago & NW or the Winona RR) These 2 windows were removed and are now stored on Joe Britton's farm. Other stained glass windows were donated by congregation members; some bought back the windows when the the congregation disbanded in 1995/96. The building was sold to become an antique and gift shop known as "Church Belles." Members of this and Waseca's Episcopal church later formed a small congregation currently, Trinity Episcopal, holding services at the house on 10th Ave. N. W. formerly Paul's Flowers or Ludwig's Flower Shop.

Context

Image on loan to WCHS from Jane Searle. Original returned to her. LU designation means that the image only was borrowed and scanned into our database by permission of the owner. Actual possession of the photograph was retained by the owner and not transferred to WCHS. See #58.10.

Cataloged By

vanessa

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

March 17, 2000

Update Date

November 21, 2024