Church of St. Stephen (St. Stephen, Minnesota)

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Location103 Central Avenue S., St. Stephen, Minnesota
Coordinates 45°42′5.5″N94°16′30″W / 45.701528°N 94.27500°W / 45.701528; -94.27500
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built1890 (rectory), 1903 (church)
Architect John Jager
Architectural style Romanesque Revival
MPS Ethnic Hamlet Churches–Stearns County Catholic Settlement Churches TR
NRHP reference No. 82003059 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 15, 1982

The Church of St. Stephen is a historic Roman Catholic church building in St. Stephen, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Cloud. The church was constructed in 1903 in a rural community settled by Slovene immigrants. An 1890 rectory stands behind the church. [2] Both buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for their state-level significance in the themes of architecture, exploration/settlement, and religion. [3] The property was nominated for reflecting the settlement of rural Stearns County by Catholic immigrant groups clustered in small, ethnic hamlets dominated by a central church. [2]

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  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Harvey, Thomas (October 1980). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Ethnic Hamlet Churches: Stearns County Catholic Settlement". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-06-12. With two accompanying photos from 1980
  3. "Stearns County Ethnic Hamlet Catholic Churches: Church of Saint Stephen". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2018-06-12.

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