St. John's Episcopal Church

Basic details

St. John's Episcopal Church is an image, with genre photograph.

Its dimensions are 2.75 in x 4.75 in.

It was created sometime in 1900.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

This photograph of St. John's Episcopal Church of Worthington, located at 700 High Street shows a controversial bell spire that replaced the original bell tower in the late 1800's. The bell first rang from the original tower in 1833. A fund to replace the spire shown here was started immediately upon its completion, due to its ungainly appearance.

Damaged by fire in 1929, Mrs. W. G. Deshler, grand-daughter of James Kilbourne and benefactor of the Worthington Public Library, donated the remainder of the sum needed to replace it. The current spire was dedicated in 1931.

Subjects

It features the organization St. John's Episcopal Church.

It covers the topics church buildings and buildings.

It covers the city Worthington.

It features the address 700 High Street.

Record details

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs0560.

The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 88-G-124.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on October 10, 2001. It was last updated November 13, 2025.

Copyright

In Copyright

St. John's Episcopal Church from the collections of the Worthington Historical Society (WHS) may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in any way and proper credit is given: "Courtesy of the Worthington Historical Society, Worthington, OH." Prior written permission of the WHS is required for any other use of St. John's Episcopal Church. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.