W side CR 83, Elberta, Alabama. County/parish: Baldwin.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 25, 1988. NRIS 88001353.
Part of Rural Churches of Baldwin County TR (NRIS 64000019).
1 contributing building.
St. Mark's Lutheran Church is a congregation of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod in Elberta, Alabama, United States, established in 1908. It is noted for its historic church on the east side CR 83, which was built in 1927 and added to National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The congregation was formed in 1908 by Reverend W. C. Kohn of Chicago, and originally held services in German, as the original settlers of Elberta were German immigrants. German language services in the church continued until 1977. The congregation was headed by Reverend Keith Ringers as of 1988.
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