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Norway Lutheran Church
Location: 2375 Como Avenue West
Saint Paul, MinnesotaCoordinates: 44°59′3.5″N 93°11′42″W / 44.984306°N 93.195°WCoordinates: 44°59′3.5″N 93°11′42″W / 44.984306°N 93.195°W Built: 1843 Architect: Peter Jacobson Architectural style: No Style Listed Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 75001013[1] Added to NRHP: May 12, 1975 The Norway Lutheran Church or Muskego Church stands on the edge of the campus of Luther Seminary, in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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History
Old Muskego Church was erected by Norwegian-American Lutherans near Waterford in the Wind Lake area of Racine County, Wisconsin in 1844, four years before Wisconsin became a state. It was originally built in the Muskego Settlement near Racine, Wisconsin, by Norwegian immigrant settlers. [2] [3]
Even Hansen Heg, father of Civil War Hero Hans Christian Heg, donated the land on which the original church was built. Within the first year of construction, the congregation called pioneer Lutheran minister Claus Lauritz Clausen, to serve as the first minister. Clausen would be followed by Hans Gerhard Stub, future Bishop of the Norwegian Lutheran Church in America. The congregation made use of the facility for 25 years, replacing the building with a new church in 1869. [4]
Principally through the efforts of historian, Hjalmar Holand, the Old Muskego Church was purchased, taken apart, moved and re-assembled in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1904. The Minnesota Historical Society dedicated the church a State Historical Site in 1963. It is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[5]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ ''One Hundredth Anniversary: Old Muskego Church, Waterford, WI (September 5-13, 1943)
- ^ Muskego (Holden in America)
- ^ First Norwegian Lutheran Church in America
- ^ Muskego Chapel, a Treasure Trove of American Folk Turning (American Woodturner. Summer 2009)
Other sources
- Nord, Mary Ann (2003) The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota (Minnesota Historical Society) ISBN 0-87351-448-3
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- Lutheran congregations established in the 19th century
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