Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)
1949 - Lutheran Church to Mark 90th Anniversary Sunday

More than 900 members of Zion Lutheran Church will celebrate the church's 90th anniversary Sunday morning at 10.45 at the worship service and at a social Wednesday evening in the parish hall.

Organized on Oct 13, 1859, with a congregation of about 30, it was chartered under the name, the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession. The name was changed to Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1893.

A white wooden frame church was built and dedicated in September of 1850, and used for 33 years until 1893, when the present brick edifice was completed. The frame church was destroyed by fire on the night of Nov. 2, 1893, while it was being moved across the Common...

The Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
October 21, 1949

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