Burned church in Lorain
Saturday, 10th of November 2018, a fire began in the basement, and eventually the roof fell. The fire department declared it a total loss, and recommended demolition. It was still standing yesterday, in the same condition as the day the fire ripped through.
The
church was the first Lutheran church in Lorain. The commemoration stone
says U.A.C. 1900-1923. A note i read, reads they occupied the church from 1924
to 1968. It has most recently been occupied by a Spanish speaking
Pentecostal congregation of less than a score. "U.A.C." is Unaltered Augsburg Confession, and a protest against Samuel Simon Schmucker, who was the president of Gettysburg Seminary and wanted American Lutheranism to be more Calvinist, like some of the revivalists in other American Protestant groups.
The notching of the door was done by chainsaw.
This reminds me of a Hitchcock movie.
The pulpit is in the centre right. The pews looked to have accommodated 96.
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