Zion Lutheran Church is a historic church northwest of
Volin in rural
Yankton County, South Dakota
Yankton County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 23,310. Its county seat is Yankton, South Dakota, Yankton. Yankton County comprises the Yankton, SD Mi ...
. It is situated 8½ miles east of the Volin exit on
U.S. Route 81
U.S. Route 81 or U.S. Highway 81 (US 81) is a major north–south U.S. highway that extends for in the central United States and is one of the original United States Numbered Highways established in 1926 by the American Association of Stat ...
. The church was built in 1915 in Gothic Vernacular style. The building is of wood-frame construction with a foundation of concrete block veneer. Stained glass windows, vaulted ceilings and twin steeples are distinctive features of the building. The church was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The church now houses the Faith United Lutheran Church which is affiliated with the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is a mainline Protestant Lutheran church headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The ELCA was officially formed on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three Lutheran church bodies. , it has approxim ...
References
External links
Faith United Lutheran Church website
Lutheran churches in South Dakota
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in South Dakota
Churches completed in 1915
Churches in Yankton County, South Dakota
National Register of Historic Places in Yankton County, South Dakota
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