​St. John United Church

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Marker No: 15494

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 29.836300, -95.462097

Location: ​2019 Crawford Street, Houston

Marker Text: ​A group of neighbors in the German farming community of Vollmer (later called white oak) began meeting together for worship service in the 1860s. Property
was purchased in 1866 on which a sanctuary was erected and a cemetery was established. The congregation was formally organized in 1872 as the St. John
German Lutheran Church. Worship services were conducted in German until 1940. A sanctuary built in 1891 was relocated following the construction of a
new facility in 1955. The congregation has been active for over 125 years. (1988)