Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church
Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church traces its existence to 1789 when Shenandoah Valley circuit preacher Paul Henkel held services for the German community in a schoolhouse nearby at Seawright Springs. By 1805, the congregation had built a frame structure on land deeded by Mary and Samuel King. The old Salem cemetery contains several headstones with German inscriptions that date to the early 19th century. In 1859 a new building was constructed. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s mother, Ida Stover, became a member of the congregation in 1875. The present brick church, dedicated in 1929,
just north of here.
Marker is at the intersection of Salem Church Road (County Route 804) and Burke’s Mill Road, on the right when traveling north on Salem Church Road.
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