Research Items

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

Cedar-Riverside Neighborhood

Summary: The Cedar-Riverside neighborhood was a major entry point for immigrants to Minneapolis. European settlement began during the mid-19th century when Fort Snelling opened land for civilian settlement. The area grew rapidly during the late 19th century and Cedar-Riverside's population peaked in...

Central Avenue German Methodist Church

The Central Avenue German Methodist Church was founded in 1866, and the first board of trustees elected in 1867. The pastor for Central Avenue church also served Northeast Church from 1866 to 1875. That year, the congregation bought a house in which they worshipped and in which a parsonage was...

Central Baptist Church

Central Baptist Church of Minneapolis developed out of Union Baptist Church, a small congregation that split from First Baptist Church sometime during the Civil War, to create Union Baptist.  Presumably, the split was over loyalty to the Union (given the name of the seceding congregation, but the...

Central Free Church

A daughter of the First Evangelical Free Church at 12th Avenue and 7th Street, the Central Free Church was organized in 1894 but not incorporated until September 1929. The congregation initially met in a church building located at 9th Street and 12th Avenue South but moved in 1895 to a church they...

Central Lutheran Church

The Central Lutheran congregation was incorporated on February 28, 1919, with some 34 members. The congregation initially met in the former Central Baptist Church building, which they rented for a year and then purchased on February 26, 1920. They laid the cornerstone for the current building on...

Central Park M.E. Church (formerly Market Street M.E. Church)

Organized by the first Methodist missionaries to the region, this congregation began meeting in the home of Mr. Jackson on 5th Street between Robert and Jackson and later moved to the Central Hotel on Bench Street (later 2nd Street and now Kellogg Boulevard).  The congregation erected a brick church...

Central Presbyterian Church

This downtown St. Paul congregation was founded by the Reverend John Riheldaffer in 1852 as a Presbyterian "Old School" church. A "New School" church, First Presbyterian, had been founded in 1849 by Edward Duffield Neill. The Central congregation, named in honor of Central Presbyterian in...