The first Unitarian meetings were held in St. Paul in 1852 by visiting missionaries. The first congregation, however, organized twenty years later, meeting in the old Temperance Street Church from 1872 to 1875. The congregation moved to the Universalist Church, meeting there from 1875 to 1881. The...
This interdenominational mission was organized on December 1, 1902, representing cooperation among several Protestant churches in our area. Meeting initially at 414 Jackson Street, the organization provided social services along with evangelical meetings. In 1903, the social services were moved to...
Established in 1909, this Orthodox congregation erected a synagogue at 271 13th Street. The congregation was rebuilt in the same location after the synagogue was destroyed by fire in 1931.
Prior to the organization of this congregation in 1873, a group of Swedish immigrants held meetings in the Y.M.C.A., in a Baptist church (probably First Baptist), and in the home of a member, O.S. Lindberg, a carpenter. With the arrival of the Reverend John Ongman, the congregation was established...
Baptist missionary Harriet Bishop arrived in the St. Paul village in 1847 and set up a school for the white and Native American children in the area. This school initially met in a log house on lower 3rd Street and in October 1848 moved to a schoolhouse on upper 3rd Street and later to a schoolhouse...
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...
Organized in the late 1880s by a group of men living in the Lower Town area of Saint Paul, the congregation numbering around 85 initially met at 50 W. 10th St. before moving into a building located at 165 State Street on the West Side river flats.Rabbi Isaac Lichtenberg served as the congregation’s...