Research Items

The following is a collection of houses of worship research items.

Abbott Hospital, Minneapolis

Established in 1902 in a house at 10 East 17th Street, by Dr. Amos Wilson Abbott, this hospital for women was expanded with the help of William Dunwoody, whose wife Kate had been treated by Abbott. Dunwoody funded the construction of a new building, designed by architect William Channing Whitney, in...

Abbott Hospital, Minneapolis

Established in 1902 in a house at 10 East 17th Street, by Dr. Amos Wilson Abbott, this hospital for women was expanded with the help of William Dunwoody, whose wife Kate had been treated by Abbott. Dunwoody funded the construction of a new building, designed by architect William Channing Whitney, in...

Adath Jeshurun Congregation, Minneapolis

Adath Jeshurun congregation was founded on August 20, 1884 by fifteen men who had emigrated to the United States from the Pale of Settlement in Eastern Europe. The men settled on the south side of Minneapolis, near the city’s expanding downtown area.  According to the Minneapolis Journal the...

Adath Yeshurun Congregation, Saint Paul

Located in the Lowertown neighborhood of Saint Paul, Adath Yeshurun congregation was founded in 1915 and apparently purchased a former church located at the corner of 14th and Canada Streets to reuse as a synagogue.  Little is known about the congregation except that Rabbi Joseph Hurvitz, known in...

Agudath Achim Synagogue (a.k.a. Agudas Akim, Agudas Achim), Minneapolis

By the turn of the 20th century, enough Jewish people had settled on Minneapolis’ south side to form at least three congregations:  Adath Jeshuran, B’nai Abraham, and Agudas Achim, all initially Orthodox.  The latter held its first services in 1902 on the fourth floor of a stone building located at...

Andrew Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis

Established, August 23, 1857, as First Presbyterian Church of St. Anthony, at 729 4th St. SE.

Name changed in 1861 to Andrew Presbyterian, in honor of Mrs. Catherine Andrew and her daughters (New York City), who provided funds for a "western church."

Church erected in 1890, by Minneapolis...

Anshei Tavrig, Minneapolis

 

A breakaway group from Kenesseth Israel, Jewish immigrants from Tavrig, Lithuania, established their own congregation in 1900 naming it after their “hometown” Anshei Tavrig, Men of Tavrig.  The congregation dissolved in 1913 and its synagogue located at 601 North Fourth Street was purchased by a...

Apostolic Faith Mission, Minneapolis

In April 1906, African American preacher William J. Seymour's revival meeting on Azusa Street in Los Angeles, California, resulted in ecstatic worship and speaking in tongues, setting off a Pentecostal tidal wave that swept the country.  In Minneapolis, the Pentecostal Apostolic Faith Mission was...

Asbury Methodist Hospital and Rebecca Deaconess Hospital, Minneapolis

Incorporated on August 14, 1891, Rebecca M. Harrison Deaconess Home emerged during the late nineteenth century Christian deaconess movement, which encouraged young women to live in religious community to train for and carry out humanitarian work, particularly associated with the body, among the...