St. John's Church (; Foochow Romanized: ''Séng Iók-hâng Gáu-dòng'') is an abandoned

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church located in Lequn Street No. 9, Cangshan District,

Fuzhou Fuzhou is the capital of Fujian, China. The city lies between the Min River (Fujian), Min River estuary to the south and the city of Ningde to the north. Together, Fuzhou and Ningde make up the Eastern Min, Mindong linguistic and cultural regi ...

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. It is also known in the Foochow vernacular as "石厝教堂" (''Siŏh-chuó Gáu-dòng'', lit., Stone House Church). Completed in 1860, the church was donated by British people living in

in 1858. The church is of a typical Gothic style. T. C. Walkers was the engineer who designed the building.《福州晚报》“福州石厝教堂” 2004年7月6日 The site of the church was initially over 1000m², and the footprint of the building is around 320m². The site of the church was nominated as "Historical Protection Site" in 1992. However, it is now occupied by a military unit as a printing factory, and is in a poor state of disrepair.

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File:St johns church 1880 1.jpeg, ca. 1880 File:St johns church 1880 2.jpeg, ca. 1880 File:St John's Church in 2008.jpg, 2008 File:St john church fuzhou 2009.JPG, 2009 File:福州聖約翰堂-20241228.jpg, 2024

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Former Anglican churches in China Churches in Fuzhou Churches completed in 1860 19th-century Anglican church buildings in China Gothic Revival church buildings in China {{Anglican-church-stub