Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration (Belle Plaine, Minnesota)

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Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration
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LocationWalnut and Church Streets, Belle Plaine, Minnesota
Coordinates 44°37′28″N93°45′47″W / 44.62444°N 93.76306°W / 44.62444; -93.76306 Coordinates: 44°37′28″N93°45′47″W / 44.62444°N 93.76306°W / 44.62444; -93.76306
Built1869
Architectural styleStick/Eastlake (Carpenter Gothic style)
MPS Scott County MRA
NRHP reference No. 80002159 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 17, 1980

The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, an Episcopal church building in Belle Plaine, Minnesota is a Carpenter Gothic style building with wooden buttresses. Sometimes referred to as a "prairie Gothic" church, it was built in 1868 for English-speaking parishioners, but most of the rural residents at the time were German and Irish immigrants who brought their own languages and religious practices with them. The result was a church building that struggled to attract worshipers for 80 years before it was abandoned. [2] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [3]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. "Historic Sites - Episcopal Church". Scott County Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
  3. Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota . Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN   0-87351-448-3.