Built in 1851 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
From the record
“The Jenny Lind Chapel is a historic church located at the southwest corner of 6th and Oak Streets in Andover, Illinois. Completed in 1851 for a congregation founded the previous year, the church was the first built by the Augustana Synod, the main Swedish Lutheran church in America.”
Wikipedia article Jenny Lind Chapel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 16 National Register listings published here for Henry County · listed in 1975 · category: Building · built in 1851, Greek Revival architecture.
National Register reference number.75000661- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
OARLSSON KIJL. Clergyman, Sec. 8; P.O. Andover; born Sweden, 1822; came to county 1875; Rep; Luth; was ordained to the holy ministry in Wexio, Sweden, 1849; served as minister of the gospel in the Established Church of Sweden until June 1853, when he accepted a call of the Swedish Evang. Luth. Immanuel's Church in Chicago; after twentytwo years labor as pastor in Chicago, he moved in 1875 to Andover, and is at present pastor of the Swedish Evang. Luth. Church of said place; in 1855, he was married to Eva C. Anderson, of Temmelhed, Sweden; has two sons and two (laughters living.
FRAGD JOHN M. Farmer, Sec. 18. P.O. Andover; born Jonkoping, Ian, Sweden. 1813; came to Co. 1857; Rep; Luth; owns 50 acres, val. $3,250; was married in June, 1835, to Miss Anna Helena Peterson; has had eight children, six now living; served as soldier in the royal Swedish army for 14 years.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
1 working within 5 miles of Jenny Lind Chapel: 1 producer.
All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Andover, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood, 1 hail.
No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office
filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date
opens the federal record of that event.
No historic map-sheet match is published
for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs
a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
Browse the county's mapped places while that work is
pending.
Listed places nearby
5 within 8 miles
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
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