Downtown Minneapolis

Established on the west side of the river as a mission Sunday School of the St. James A.M.E. Church (located in St. Anthony), the initial meetings were in Heaton's Hall at Washington and Nicollet. The mission was named the Neal Union Mission. Soon after, larger space in Freer Hall at 110 Washington...

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, a.k.a St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, a daughter church of St. Mark's, was established on June 21, 1880.  The congregation built a frame church at 12th Street and Hennepin Avenue, which was dedicated that year. The congregation moved to a larger, stucco church...

Founded in 1858 by Gethsemane P. E. Church as a mission, the congregation first met in a wooden building at Washinton and 22nd Avenue North, on a lot donated by Captain J. C. Reno. The building was moved in 1863 to a lot donated by H. T. Welles and Franklin Steele at the corner of Hennepin Avenue...

Established May 28, 1883, by primarily German residents, this congregation was the first Lutheran church in the Twin Cities to use the English language from its beginning.  In 1881, prior to the formation of the congregation, one Dr. W. A. Passavant bought a church building from the Swedish...

Minneapolis’ St. James African Methodist Church is the oldest African American congregation and church in Minnesota. The congregation started meeting in 1860 for prayer meetings at Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brown’s home at 4th Street Southeast near 2nd Street Southeast in Saint Anthony. In addition to Mr...