Research Items

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

House of Faith Presbyterian

A daughter of Andrew Presbyterian Church in North Minneapolis, the House of Faith was established in 1887.  For the first two years, the congregation met in the Jackson Street Chapel, located at Jackson Street between 3rd Avenue and Broadway NE.  In 1889 they moved into a new building located at the...

Judson Female Seminary, Minneapolis (downtown)

This school was established in 1879. IN 1881 it occupied a building at 44 Sixth Street, and it moved in 1884 to 1020 Harmon Place, where it remained until 1890.  

 

Source: Atwater, A History of the City of Minneapolis (pp. 165-166)

 

Kenesseth Israel Congregation

Originally named Ohel [tent of] Jacob, the Kenesseth Israel Congregation was organized in 1888 by Orthodox Jews from Lithuania.  The group initially met upstairs of a member's store at 605 2nd Ave. N. They later rented Turner Hall at Washington and 5th Ave. N.

1891: Ohel Jacob Dissolved and the...