Founded in April 1873, this was the first African American congregation formed on the east side of the Mississippi River in the Minneapolis area. It held meetings in the Tremont House under the leadership of R. Hickman. The congregation was reorganized a decade later, holding meetings in a rented...
This congregation was organized in 1888 as a mission of the Baptist Union. It erected a small church on the northeast corner of 13th St. and Madison Ave., NE. They sold the building in 1893 to Elim Swedish Baptist and proceeded to meet in rented halls on Central Ave., later disbanding due to...
The founders of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church established in 1869 were from German-speaking areas of Central Europe. The first meetings were held in the home of Christian Mulchow at 917 Marshall St. NE. The group soon moved to Little Red Schoolhouse at 13th and Main St. NE, and then to an...
St. Petri Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church was established in 1887 as a daughter church of Trinity Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church and a member of the Old Norwegian Conference. Its founders were part of Trinity Lutheran Church and began holding meetings in private homes and, a short time...
This is the first German Lutheran Church, formerly with the Iowa Synod, which merged with the Joint Synod of Ohio and Buffalo forming the American Lutheran Church. It is the daughter of St. Petri Lutheran Church, located at 18th Avenue and Dupont Avenue No. Established in 1890, the congregation...
A block away from St. Constantine’s Ukrainian Catholic Church is yet another church established by Ukrainian immigrants. In 1917, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was separated from the jurisprudence of the Russian Synod and once again was returning to the practice of Ukrainian traditions. This was...
This church is the first mission of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church located at 4th Avenue and 4th St. SE. It was established in 1891, and its congregants first met in a rented hall and a tent. Hearing of their dire situation, Shiloh Presbyterian Church permitted the congregation to hold services...
The congregation was established in 1887 by East Slavs, Carpatho-Rusins, Ukrainians, Ruthenians, and Russians, who began to arrive in the area in 1877; most belonged to the Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church (Uniate Rite) that was loyal to Rome. Initially, they worshipped in German and Polish...
As early as 1895, about thirty families from Syria (now Lebanon) were residing in northeast Minneapolis and worshipped in Roman Catholic Churches. Desirous of a church of their own where they could practice their Maronite Catholic rite, they purchased a residence in 1903 at 321 Main St. NE that...