St. John United Church of Christ and Cemetery

St John UCC

ST JOHN UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST AND CEMETERY

N104W14181 Donges Bay Rd
~1843~

St. John's congregation was founded in 1843 by a group of immigrants from the Rhine province of Hessen Darmstadt and the Bavarian Palatinate.  They first gathered from services at a log church located in Section 26 approximately a half mile west of the present site.  The original Historic Cemetery is still located there.  In 1867 the congregation purchased three acres in Section 35 for the purpose of building a new church and parsonage.  It was designed by the architectural firm of Myath & Koch and built by stone mason Peter Bronn.  The stone was quarried from the land of members Conrad Dexheimer, Henry Leonhardt and Valentine Schaetzel.  A new cemetery began next to the newly built church.  St. John's also has the distinction of being a Washington County Landmark.  

The church and its Historic Cemetery received Germantown Historic Designation in 2014

St John Cemetary