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St. John's Evangelical Lutheran German Church and Cemetery, also known as St. John's Lutheran Church and Cemetery and as White Church, is located in the vicinity of Hayes Center in
Hayes County, Nebraska Hayes County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 967. Its county seat is Hayes Center. The county was created in 1877, and was organized in 1884. It was named for Rutherford B. Haye ...
. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1985. The listing includes a area with the church as a contributing building and the cemetery as a contributing site. The congregation was founded in 1886, and a sod church was completed in 1887. The sod church and a frame parsonage building no longer exist. The cemetery started in 1888. The current building was built in 1925, and
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windows were installed in 1944. The church served both as a house of worship and as a center for community social activities. It continued until closure in 1973, but the building remained. According to the Nebraska State Historical Society, the church building is still in use for "various religious functions". In 1985, the building was viewed as a "well preserved example of high plains rural church architecture" and an architectural and social landmark in the local area. The Nebraska State Historical Society describes the "simple yet functional house of worship" as reflecting the "life styles of German immigrant farmers in the community".


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J.M. Daniel House and School The J. M. Daniel House and the J. M. Daniel School-District No. 3 are historic sites in or near Hamlet, Nebraska which were separately listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. They were both built by J. M. Daniel. The house ...
, also listed on the National Register in Hayes County


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