Germans living in Saint Paul who wanted the Lutheran liturgy to be conducted in English were the impetus behind the formation of an English-speaking Lutheran Church in St. Paul. An all-English service was first conducted in 1888 at St. John’s Lutheran Church located at 8th and Locust. Two years...
1912: Founded by the Minneapolis League of Catholic Women. One room in a house at 339 NE Buchanan St. Serving predominately Italian Catholics.
1913: Established a kindergarten.
1915: Construction began on Margaret Barry House at 759 N. E. Pierce St. Center opened in Oct. 1915, operated by...
The hospital was founded by Martha George Rogers Ripley, a pioneer doctor and social reformer, who was born in Lowell, VT in 1843. The family later moved to Iowa where Martha met and married William Warren Ripley. The couple moved to Massachusetts where she became active in the Women’s Suffrage...
1914: Schism in Pilgrim Baptist; 200 members left and formed Memorial Baptist Church.
1914: Purchased Central Swedish Baptist Church [no location given]
1925: Memorial Baptist Church dissolved
1926: Christian Center organized; building erected at 603 W. Central Ave.
1936: Building gutted by...
Anshei Russia (Men of Russia) was formed sometime between 1890 and 1901; the dates vary in the literature. The congregation later changed its name to Mikro Kodesh (Holy Assembly) claiming it did not want to memorialize a country that mistreated its Jewish people. The congregation erected a lovely...
Created by Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Dooley in 1911, this mission was initially held in a basement in the 200 block of Nicollet Avenue. They later moved to another basement in the same block, staying there for 7 years and then moving to 2nd Street and Marquette for three years and on to 2nd Street and 1st...
Founded on November 17, 1862, this small congregation was affiliated with the denomination called the Church of the New Jerusalem, or the Swedenborgians. The congregation erected a frame church at 5th Avenue South and 9th Street, seating about 120, dedicating it on November 20, 1870. This building...