A pre-Civil War home where a trail-blazing 19th
century preacher known as the "Flying Parson in Yellow
Buckskin" once lived, will be moved to a new location
as work continues to save the crumbling structure.
The Rev. Friedrich C. D. Wyneken's house in Northern
Adams County has been vacant for more then 50 years
and shows it. Weathered by time, vandals have also
stripped the the Wyneken House of siding, floor boards
and floor joists, according to the Historic Landmarks
Foundation of Indiana.
The owner of the property has said the house, built
about 1850, will be removed , said Adams County
Historian, Julie O'Beime.
Potential plans for the two-story wood frame home
include transforming it into a museum or an
interpretive center. The home is one of the relatively
few dwellings once occupied by America's religious
pioneers that remains standing.
Wyneken, a German Lutheran immigrant, was called the
"Flying Parson in Yellow Buckskin" because he
travelled by horseback to different communities in
Indiana, Ohio and Michigan, ministering to German
Settlers. He founded Concordia Lutheran Seminary in
Ft Wayne and co-founded the Lutheran Church Missouri
Synod, which he ran out of his home during the Civil
War.
Wyneken, whom stories said would have given the shirt
off his back to those in need, left few artifacts
behind. He and his wife, Sophie, lived in the house
from 1859 until they moved to Ft Wayne between
1860-1862.
Members of the Friends of Wyneken will meet next week
to whittle down the possible relocation spots for the
Wyneken House.
Meanwhile, organizational and fund-raising work to
keep the structure a part of the community continues.
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