St. John's Church
[Marker Front]:
This church grew from
services held for German
inhabitants in Charleston
by Rev. Johann Martin
Boltzius in 1734 and Rev.
Henry Melchior Muhlenberg
in 1742. The cornerstone of
the first house of
worship was laid in 1759;
the second and present
church building was
dedicated in 1818. Dr.
John Bachman, noted
clergyman, naturalist, and
author, served as minister
of St. John's 1815 - 1874.
During this time, he
[Marker Reverse]:
assisted his ornithologist
and artist friend John
James Audubon, in
producing Birds of America
and the work entitled
Vivipavous Quadrupeds of
North America. Bachman
was influential in
establishing the S C
Lutheran Synod (1824),
the Lutheran Theological
Southern Seminary (1830),
and Newberry College
(1856). He died in 1874
and is buried in
the church .
Marker is on Archdale Street south of Clifford Street, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
