St. John Evangelical Church
Founded on 1843 by German settlers from Hessen-Darmstadt and the Bavarian Palatinate, joined later by emigrants from Pomerania and Wurttemberg. Designed by architects Myrath and Koch for $30. 3 acre site purchased from Adam and Maria Stein for $150. Built in 1869 by member Peter Bronn from limestone quarried and cut on nearby lands of members Valentine Schaetzel, Henry Leonhardt and Conrad Dexheimer.
Marker is on Donges Bay Road ¼ mile west of Fond du Lac Avenue (Wisconsin Route 145), on the right when traveling east.
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