Houses of Worship

Research Items

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

First Slovak Baptist Church

First Society of Friends

First Spiritualist Church

Established in March 1896 by 14 Swedish members, this congregation initially met in a frame building at 229 East Hennepin Avenue. In 1903 the congregation moved to a brick building at 310 East Hennepin, moving again to 400 East Hennepin, and in Fall 1913 to 616 East 15th Street. A series of...

First Swedish Baptist

Swedish immigrants to the region began organizing Baptist churches as early as 1853 (in Houston County), 1855 (in Scandia), and 1856 (in Chisago Lakes). In Minneapolis, the early Swedish Baptists established themselves by 1866 but moved several times in their early years. By 1866, a group of Swedes...

First Swedish Baptist

Prior to the organization of this congregation in 1873, a group of Swedish immigrants held meetings in the Y.M.C.A., in a Baptist church (probably First Baptist), and in the home of a member, O.S. Lindberg, a carpenter. With the arrival of the Reverend John Ongman, the congregation was established...

First Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church

First Swedish Presbyterian Church

First Swedish Seventh Day Adventist

First Unitarian Church

First United Brethren in Christ

Established in 1905 by English-speaking settlers, the congregation erected a church in 1910 at the corner of Fillmore and Summer Streets NE. A Sunday School and Ladies’ Aid Society were both organized before the congregation was incorporated.

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