The Sanctuary at First Lutheran Church, located at 225 South Third Street. First Lutheran was organized January 15, 1854 with the first church at the corner of North First Street and Lafayette Avenue. The current building was built in 1883.
A light pastel rendering of the church, which is located at South Third and Oak Streets. This postcard is postmarked from Rockford IL August 11, 1911. Inexplicably, there is a swastika drawn in pencil in the upper right corner of this card.
Color photograph that includes the twin spires of First Lutheran's red brick building located at South Third and Oak Streets. This postcard is postmarked from Rockford IL July 29, 1908.
First Lutheran Church was the first Swedish and the first Lutheran Church founded in Rockford in 1854. This photograph shows the third church building constructed by the congregation, built in 1884 and dedicated on December 7, 1884. The church still…