St. Stephen’s Church
Inscription
This Lutheran Church, founded by 1830, and the earliest church in Lexington, dedicated its firstknown house of worship on this site in 1831. In 1865 Union troops under Wm. T. Sherman burned the structure. The congregation's second building, dedicated 1870, was destroyed by fire in 1898. The third church, built by 1901 on the present site, was replaced by the current edifice, dedicated in 1958.
Erected by the Congregation, 1994
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