St. John's Episcopal Church Interior

Construction of St. John's probably began in 1827; the first service was held in the church in 1831. The gifted brickmason and church trustee Arora Buttles, who was responsible for Worthington's finest early brick buildings, almost certainly had a hand in the construction of St. John's. The raw materials of the building—the bricks, stone and native hardwoods—are all of local origin. In 1917 the chancel was extended to the east and the simple black walnut altar and stained glass window were replaced with the white marble altar and carved and painted reredos that dominate the east wall today. The original altar and stained glass window are still in use elsewhere in the church.