Here is a little history of the current site. The location of
the cache will take you to Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church on 30th
St and Euclid Avenue. This is actually the second oldest Lutheran
Church Missouri Synod (LCMS) in Ohio and was originally built and
dedicated on York Street in 1848. Due to the growing membership the
church eventually moved in 1856 from its simple and humble
beginnings. The original church was of simple design consisting of
a gabled roof and chimney in the back, not even a steeple.
As written history has recorded it, "with the vast numbers of
immigrants that came to America from Europe in those years, the
expanding membership made it necessary for a move in 1856 to
Bolivar & Erie (now East 9th street). At this time a separate
school building was built for the dedication to Lutheran education,
and the church on York Street was moved to the newly purchased lot.
It was not until 1867 when a new church was dedicated which was
built on another lot in the same area of Bolivar & Erie. Zion
made national history in America when it had a candle-lighted
Christmas tree, complete with ornaments, set up inside a public
house of worship. It was in 1851, and the tradition Reverend Henry
C. Schwan brought from Germany soon became widely accepted
throughout America. The present Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
building located on Prospect Avenue & East 30th street was
dedicated on May 3, 1903. The current sanctuary has a seating
capacity of about 1200. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church was
designated an historic landmark in 1974, added to the National
Register of Historic Places in 1984."
Here are a couple of pictures of what the church looked like in
the past and what it looks like today
