Architecture

First English Church

Wednesday, January 11, 2023
By: Audrey Hilliard
The first Lutherans to setup a church in Butler were mostly German immigrants who worshiped at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in their native tongue.  Younger and American-born members of St. Mark’s, who wanted services conducted in English, formed the First English Lutheran Church on January 16, 1843.  The Witherspoon Institute Building, site of the present church on the corner of Main and Brady streets was purchased in 1874 for $6000 and remodeled in 1877 for $1700. When the Butler County Courthouse was destroyed in December 1883, the county rented this building as a temporary court.

In 1898, a cornerstone for a new stone church was laid on the Main Street site, but in 1919, the building was destroyed by fire. First English Lutheran’s present stone home, was built and dedicated on September 12, 1920. In 1960, Luther Hall was built for Sunday School and a social center, located immediately to the east on McKean Street. It was sold to the Butler Public Library in 1984 and is part of the newly remodeled library facility. Sam Mohawk, a Seneca Indian who killed the Wigton family, a mother and her five children, in Slippery Rock Township, was baptized through First English Lutheran Church, prior to his hanging in 1844, which was Butler’s first public hanging.

First English Lutheran is gifted with talented musical worship leaders and is also home to one of Butler’s Community Meals. 
Sunday worship is 10:00 am.

 

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