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Creator Taylor, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton), 1846-1927
Title St. John's English Lutheran Church
Date ca. 1922
Description Front view of a church with stained-glass windows and wrought iron fence. People walk out of the entrance and wait outside of the gate.
Notes The beautiful portal of old St. John's, which still dignifies the block upon Race Street east of Sixth Street, quite justified the popular opinion of old residents that it was the finest in the city. St. John's was built in 1808 by the English-speaking element of the older Zion and St. Michael's Churches in which the German language was used. It is surrounded by the graves of many who worshipped here. Immediately in front of the doorway is a tomb wherein rest the bodies of Bohl Bohlen and his distinguished son, Gen. W. Henry C. Bohlen. The former coming from Germany became a prominent mercant of the city and the founder of the Philadelphia branch of the Bohlens. Gen. Henry Bohlen, as he preferred to be called, was the ideal soldier among his local compatriots. Having served in the Crimean and Mexican Wars, he became the logical colonel of the Seventy-fifth Regiment of Pennsylvania Vols. in 1862, which was composed of German citizens. Soon after attaining the rank of Brig. General, he was kiled, on August 22nd, 1862, at Freeman's Ford, Va. His widow was a member of the Borie family. Their grandson, Dr. Gustave von Bohlen and Halbach, is the husband of Bertha Krupp, of Essen, Germany.
Taylor Catalog Number: 159
Is part of Frank H. Taylor Collection
Identifier Taylor - Case 6-10 [2717.F]