The Danish Lutheran Congregation held its first worship service in September 1734 in a small room at Fort Christianværn in Christiansted. Construction of a permanent church home began in 1750 at a site located across from the present post office in Christiansted, now known as the Steeple Building. This new location was consecrated on 27 May 1753 as the Lutheran Church of the Zebaoth (meaning Church of the Lord of Hosts). Worship services were conducted at this site for 78 years. A temporary move of the services to St. John’s Anglican Church occurred in 1831 when the Steeple Building became unsafe, as a result of damages from hurricanes that occurred in 1825 and in 1827. Learning of the need for a replacement sanctuary, the Dutch Reformed Church Congregation, who were leaving St. Croix, offered their building - constructed sometime before 1740 - to the Lutheran Wardens. The Lutheran congregation took it over in 1828 and added the distinctive Neo-Classical tower in 1834. Not only was a larger sanctuary now available for the growing number of Lutheran parishioners, the building located at # 4 King Street, was just one block north of the old church. -- Quote from the website below: