106.580.3

The Wittemberg Congregational Church, north of Newton, Iowa. This church was established before the Civil War and was originally associated with a denomination that was strong in the South. During the war, it became a Congregational church. It is in the adjacent graveyard that Rev. John White, his wife Jane E. White, and their little daughter were buried. Rev. White was a founder of the Congregational church in Ames in 1865. (For a front view of the church, see ID 106.580.4)