Saint John's Episcopal Church is a historic

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located at Crawfordsville,

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. It was built in 1837 by an Episcopal congregation, organized through missionary bishop

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, and is a one-story, gable fronted frame building in the

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style. The original section measures 30 feet by 50 feet; a 30-foot rear addition was built in 1960. Atop the roof is a

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added about 1950. It is the oldest remaining church building in Crawfordsville and Indiana's first Episcopal Church building. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed on the

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in 1985. Theologian

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, a longtime

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faculty member and a significant figure in

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, briefly served as rector in the early 1950s.

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