St. Jacob's Church

At left is a picture of St. Jacob's (in English St. James) Church and School that was located on Eckhardt Road, where Nelson Rd. is now. The building is gone, but a small cemetery remains to this day. The land for this church was purchased from a Charles H. Schroeder on April 1st, 1852. It was members of St. Peters (Lower Church) and the members of the above church that formed St. Paul's Lutheran Church on North Boston Rd.

(Courtesy of the Town Historian and excerpts from the History of St. Paul's Lutheran Church.)