On September 25, 1874, Dr. C. A. Evald, pastor of Augustana Lutheran Church, a Minneapolis congregation of the Minnesota Conference of the Augustana Synod, met with a group of Swedish immigrants living in the Near North Side to organize a second Swedish Lutheran congregation in the city, Svenska...
This Plymouth Brethren group was formed in 1884 as an anti-denominational gathering of like-minded English-speaking Christians that accepted only "the spiritual essence of Christianity as constituting a church" (WPA Report). Their original name was "The Bible Truth Hall". They eschewed organization...
This Plymouth Brethren group was formed in 1884 as an anti-denominational gathering of like-minded English-speaking Christians that accepted only "the spiritual essence of Christianity as constituting a church" (WPA Report). Their original name was The Bible Truth Hall. They eschewed organization...
Summary: Bohemian Flats, located on the West Bank of the Mississippi River just below the Washington Avenue bridge, was a community of immigrants that flourished between 1869 and 1929. Here rents were cheap, and despite the annual spring floods, newcomers settled in. The earliest to make their...
The congregation was established in 1918 by fifteen African Americans who met in a church located at 18 South Fourth Street. In 1923 the congregation moved into a building at 95 Border Avenue North. The congregation’s first pastor was Reverend Cheers who served until 1927. Early records of the...
1882: Hope Chapel organized by Westminster Presbyterian Church. Initially, the chapel met on an empty lot later occupied by the Northern Pacific freight house.
1889: Hope Chapel dedicated at the corner of 3rd St. & 9th Ave.
1897: Boys’ Club. Organized by Rev.Charles Stetzel of Westminster...
Calvary Methodist Church, originally known as Western Avenue Methodist Church, was established in 1885. The Methodists, too, were reaching out to immigrants dissatisfied with their national churches. Particular success was realized among Scandinavians and Germans. One of the first Swedish...
Camphor Memorial United Methodist Episcopal Church is named in memory of the first African American missionary to Africa from the Methodist Church, Bishop Alexander P. Camphor in 1916. The church’s first service was held as a prayer meeting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred McFarland. The African...
In 1881, the Sons of Jacob congregation established a Hebrew School in the synagogue they erected at College Avenue between Wabasha and Saint Peter. That building was demolished in 1888 and a larger synagogue was erected on the site. As the enrollment in the Hebrew School grew, a decision was made...