Research Items

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

St. Philip Episcopal Church, St. Paul

There appears to be some confusion regarding the organization of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church.  Two “founding” versions exist.  According to the church’s history, it was founded in 1888 as a mission church of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (now Cathedral) in Minneapolis to serve St. Paul’s African...

St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, St. Paul

Czech immigrants initially arrived in the area in 1856. Combining with several Polish families, they organized the parish of St. Stanislaus, which initially met with the Germans in Assumption Church. Occasionally Father Peter Maly would come from New Prague to hold services in Czech. In 1872 the...

St. Stephanus Lutheran Church, St. Paul

German Lutherans who initially met as a mission of Trinity Norwegian Lutheran Church established their own congregation in 1890. The land was acquired at that time at 739 Lafond Avenue and a brick Gothic Revival church, dedicated in 1891, was erected on the site. The building suffered severe damage...

St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, St. Paul

    Initially called the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Emmanuel Congregation, this group was organized on January 20, 1882, in the courthouse in St. Paul. They met the next week in the courthouse for a service and then rented the Methodist church (on Rice Park?) for services. The congregation built a...

St. Vincent De Paul, St Paul

The parish was established in 1888 to service the needs of Irish immigrants. A small chapel was erected that year at 651 Virginia Street and was used by the parish until 1897 when a brick church was built on the same site.

 

Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, Minneapolis

The church was incorporated in 1890 by Slavic immigrants loyal to the Roman Catholic Church.  A-frame church was built in 1892 at 16th Ave. NE and Main St.  In 1909 the congregation moved to 12th Ave. and 3rd St. and erected a second frame church that burned down in 1911.  The present church located...

Tabernacle Baptist Church, Minneapolis

In 1884, the Tabernacle Baptist Mission was organized at Riverside and 24th Avenue.  The mission included an industrial school, Sunday school, and gospel meetings.  As the mission grew, it moved to a larger building across the street, and in 1886 purchased or bought (sources differ) a brick building...