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'''Bethelem Lutheran Church''' is an historic stone [[Lutheran]] [[church (building)|church]] located at 412 South White Street in [[Round Top, Texas|Round Top]], [[Texas]].
'''Bethelem Lutheran Church''' is an historic stone [[Lutheran]] [[church (building)|church]] located at 170 Flinders St, Adelaide.


==Construction==
==Construction==
The building was designed by Carl Siegismund Bauer, a [[German Texan]], who also served as the head [[masonry|mason]]. The church was built from May 6 to October 28, 1866. Bauer's sons and family as well as the local citizens contributed the labor to raise the church. The sandstone was quarried from Cummins Creek bounding the church site on the west. Eastern Red Cedar from the creek bottom were harvested and hand hewn into beams for the framing timber. The side walls are reinforced by iron tie rods across the interior added in 1873 and supported by 4 exterior stone [[buttresses]] on the south side.<ref name=nrhpdoc/>
The building was designed by James Cumming, a local architect. The foundation stone was laid in July 1871 and was dedicated on 23 June 1882. It is built of Mitcham bluestone, presumably from the Temme quarry as the Temme family were congregants. The walls are with 66cm thick and the church has a 33 metre tower. The building contractors were Brown and Thompson and the building committee comprised of J. W. A. Sudholz, J.Weil, and G. Bieger.


==Pipe organ==
==Pipe organ==
A cedar pipe organ built by John Traugott Wantke, also a German Texan, was dedicated on January 13, 1867 the day the congregation was formally organized.<ref name=nrhpdoc/><ref name= blcwsh/> The organ made primarily from local cedar was restored in 1966 and 1995 and {{as of|2016|lc=on}} it remained in use.<ref name=hahn2016/><ref name=ohs/> The organ is one of the most historic in the state, the largest of six organs Wantke built, and one of three surviving {{as of|1987|lc=on}}.<ref name=ward1987/> The organ received certificate number 56 from the Organ Historical Society on May 24, 1987.<ref name=ohs/><ref name=ward1987/>
The original organ for the Flinders Street church was a modest J.W. Wolff instrument with single-manual, pedal board and six stops. This was replaced in 1888 by a 1878 built Backmann of Berlin instrument with single-manual, pedals and 6 stops with 350. This instrument had been brought to Adelaide by [[Immanuel Gotthold Reimann (1859-1932)|I.G Reimann]] for use at his [[Adelaide College of Music 1883-1898| Adelaide College of Music]] and after a year at the church was installed in the gallery and dedicated on 26 June 1889. Reimann was also the organist and choirmaster at Bethlehem from 1891-1931.
 
In 1904 the organ was relocated to the front left of the church; it was enlarged by J.E. Dodd with the addition of a second manual, with additional pipes by Fincham's of Melbourne. The
organ now had two manuals, pedals, 19 stops, 3 couplers and 936 pipes. It was further expanded in 1958, 1985, 1987, 1nd 1998, before a complete refurbishment was undertaken in 2006, resulting in an instrument of 3 manuals - Positiv, Great and Swell -, 55 stops and 2710 pipes.
 
===Principal organists===
1891 - 1931 Immanuel G Reimann
1932 - 1934 Hugh King
1934 - 1948 Martin J Darsow
1948 - 1997 James B Thiele
1997- David J Mibus
Andrew Ampt
Stephen van der Hoek
2021 - Gina Dutschke


==History==
==History==
It is one of the earliest stone churches built in this section of Texas and has been used for services continuously since its construction in 1866.<ref name=nrhpdoc/><ref name=habs/> It is the oldest Lutheran church sanctuary in Texas.<ref name=blcws/> The first pastor was J. Adam Neuthard.<ref name=atlas/>  It was recorded as a Texas Historic Landmark in 1965 and added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on August 10, 1978.<ref name=atlas/><ref name=nrhpdoc/> The church celebrated its sesquicentennial on October 23, 2016.
 


==Photo gallery==
==Photo gallery==

Revision as of 03:36, 15 February 2022

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Bethelem Lutheran Church is an historic stone Lutheran church located at 170 Flinders St, Adelaide.

Construction

The building was designed by James Cumming, a local architect. The foundation stone was laid in July 1871 and was dedicated on 23 June 1882. It is built of Mitcham bluestone, presumably from the Temme quarry as the Temme family were congregants. The walls are with 66cm thick and the church has a 33 metre tower. The building contractors were Brown and Thompson and the building committee comprised of J. W. A. Sudholz, J.Weil, and G. Bieger.

Pipe organ

The original organ for the Flinders Street church was a modest J.W. Wolff instrument with single-manual, pedal board and six stops. This was replaced in 1888 by a 1878 built Backmann of Berlin instrument with single-manual, pedals and 6 stops with 350. This instrument had been brought to Adelaide by I.G Reimann for use at his Adelaide College of Music and after a year at the church was installed in the gallery and dedicated on 26 June 1889. Reimann was also the organist and choirmaster at Bethlehem from 1891-1931.

In 1904 the organ was relocated to the front left of the church; it was enlarged by J.E. Dodd with the addition of a second manual, with additional pipes by Fincham's of Melbourne. The organ now had two manuals, pedals, 19 stops, 3 couplers and 936 pipes. It was further expanded in 1958, 1985, 1987, 1nd 1998, before a complete refurbishment was undertaken in 2006, resulting in an instrument of 3 manuals - Positiv, Great and Swell -, 55 stops and 2710 pipes.

Principal organists

1891 - 1931 Immanuel G Reimann 1932 - 1934 Hugh King 1934 - 1948 Martin J Darsow 1948 - 1997 James B Thiele 1997- David J Mibus Andrew Ampt Stephen van der Hoek 2021 - Gina Dutschke

History

Photo gallery

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See also

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References

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External links

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  • "Texas Historic Sites Atlas". Texas Historical Commission.