Pella, VIC - St John's Lutheran
Year Built: 1911
Denomination: Lutheran
Saint: John
Address: Leske Road, Pella, Victoria, 3424
Architect: Unknown
Architectural Style: Gothic Revival
Last Updated: 05/09/2024
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History and Architecture:
The Church Complex comprises three coursed limestone rubble single-storey buildings (church, school and manse), four outbuildings, and three water tanks located in an expansive rural landscape
setting.
The building at the centre of the complex is the church (1911). It is constructed in a Federation Gothic Revival style and uses the same masonry techniques as the school and manse. The building has a corrugated iron roof with parapeted gables, stepped buttresses, a timber ceiling and pointed arch windows with leadlight diamond pane glass. The front facade has a group of three pointed arch windows above a central
buttress flanked by pointed arch doors.
Clergy:
This list may not contain every serving cleric, past or present, for this church.
Further submissions welcomed.
| Years | Name | Annotation | D.o.B | D.o.D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 - 1912 | Pastor Oscar Berhard Mueller | ELSA | 1873 | 1926 |
| 1913 - 1956 | Pastor Gotthold Adolph Leske | ELSA | 1888 | 1961 |
| 1957 - 1964 | Pastor Herbert Rosenblatt | ELSA | 1908 | 1997 |
| 1964 - 1969 | Pastor Johann Heinrich Benjamin Traeger | ELSA | 1903 | 1979 |
| 1969 - 1972 | Pastor Johann Friedrich Noack | LCA | 1876 | 1958 |
| 1973 - 1976 | Pastor Martin Johannes Georg | LCA | ||
| 1978 - 1982 | Pastor John William Prenzler | LCA | ||
| 1984 - 1993 | Pastor G. D. Noller | LCA | ||
| 1994 - 1998 | Pastor D. C. Kent | LCA | ||
| 1999 - 2006 | Pastor G. A. Jenke | LCA | ||
| 2006 - 2013 | Pastor A. R. Ruddell | LCA | ||
| 2014 - 2018 | Pastor L. D. Graham | LCA | ||
| 2019 - | Pastor L. E. Matuschka | LCA |
Organ:
No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.
Contributions:
1. Andrew Ruddell church photos
Source:
1. Lutheran Archives with permission.
2. Heritage Victoria.