Laketown Moravian Brethren's Church

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Laketown Moravian Brethren's Church
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Location Victoria, Minnesota, United States
Coordinates 44°52′8″N93°40′38″W / 44.86889°N 93.67722°W / 44.86889; -93.67722
Arealess than one acre
Built1878 (1878)
MPS Carver County MRA
NRHP reference No. 80001981 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 4, 1980

Laketown Moravian Brethren's Church (also known as Lake Auburn Moravian Church) is a historic church on County Highway 11 in Victoria, Minnesota, United States.

The congregation was organized on October 31, 1858, at the house of John Holtmeier. In 1860 a log church was built on land that Holtmeier donated to the congregation. In 1878, a brick church was built near the previous site, at a cost of $2500, with 74 members in the congregation. [2]

The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It was nominated for being a well-preserved example of rural vernacular religious architecture, marking a transition between the spartan frame designs of Carver County's earliest churches and its elaborate later churches of brick. [3]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Charles S. Bryant (1882). History of the Minnesota Valley: Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota. North Star Publishing Company. p.  379. Laketown Moravian Brethren Church.
  3. Lofstrom, Ted (January 1978). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Laketown Moravian Brethren's Church". National Park Service. Retrieved January 30, 2016.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)