Saint John of Jerusalem Cemetery in Wantagh, New York

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Get directions 500 Wantagh Ave
Wantagh, New York 11756 United States

Coordinates: 40.71191, -73.50281
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The "Saint John of Jerusalem" chapel was built in 1856 as the German Methodist Episcopal Mission ( a/k/a the Washington Street German Methodist-Episcopal Church). It is the second oldest church structure remaining in Wantagh and surrounding communities, and is one of the few buildings still remaining from a time when the area of Wantagh was known as Jerusalem.

Services in the chapel were conducted by the congregation until August 1, 1912. It then served as the Lutheran Mission Church from Thanksgiving Day 1926 through 1940. The church's final congregation was the United Christian Church, which operated out of the sanctuary from 1949 through 1969.

Soldiers buried in the church's graveyard are veterans who served in the Civil War, the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, and Vietnam War.

Today, the chapel remains virtually unchanged, and stands amid the markers and greenery of the still-operating graveyard known as St. John of Jerusalem Cemetery.

Soldiers buried in the church's graveyard are veterans who served in the Civil War, the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, and Vietnam War.

Today, the chapel remains virtually unchanged, and stands amid the markers and greenery of the still-operating graveyard known as St. John of Jerusalem Cemetery.