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First Lutheran Church

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1515 W. Adams Ave., Temple, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 31° 6' 7.4988", -97° 21' 25.9992"
 
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     When this church was organized by the Rev. Carl Kreutzenstein in 1886 for Temple's German-speaking Lutherans, it was named Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church. Charter members included the Schmidt, Paulus, Scholz, Koch, Bosl, Jahnke, Rhein, and Haedge families. A small frame sanctuary was built at the corner of Avenue F and Fourth Street. By 1913 the congregation needed larger facilities, and a new building was erected at Avenue G and South First. In 1946 the church was renamed First Lutheran Church. A new sanctuary was built at this site in 1958. (1989)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

First Lutheran Church Historical Marker Location Map, Temple, Texas