“Saint John is a monument to that heritage of which many of us are so proud. It represents an era of immigrants who came to this country called America. They were willing to forsake their homelands in search of a more meaningful and rewarding way of life. The origin of Saint John with its German-Catholic influence is just one of the many Catholic parishes in Northern Kentucky whose beginnings can be attributed to a commonality of ethnic roots and religious persuasion.
The style of the church is German Gothic. The propoetions are of the old masters of Medieval Architecture. The height of the steeple corresponds to the length of the church, both measuring 163 feet. The interior has a beautifully arched wooden ceiling and altars cut from Italian marble. The stained glass windows were designed by the Art Glass firm of Dr. Oldtmann, Linnich, Germany. The seven windows in the sancturay depict major events documented in the Old and New Testaments. At the right side of the front entrance is a niche which contains a statue of the Pieta, a copy of the masterpiece in the Cahtedral of Muenster in Westphalia. The church bells are a exact reproduction of the bells in the Aix-la-Chapelle in Aachen, Germany. The installation of the pipe organ was completed in 1934. The church is currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”
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