Vista Lutheran Church

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Vista Lutheran Church
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Location15035 275th Avenue,
Otisco Township, Minnesota [1]
Coordinates 43°57′26″N93°27′57.5″W / 43.95722°N 93.465972°W / 43.95722; -93.465972
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built1908
Architectural style Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 82000565 [2]
Designated November 8, 1982

Vista Lutheran Church is a historic church in Otisco Township, Minnesota, United States, built in 1908. The Gothic Revival building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for having local significance in the themes of religion and European heritage. [3] It was nominated for being the best preserved structure symbolizing Waseca County's principal Swedish American settlement. [4]

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History

Otisco and New Richland townships were settled by Scandinavian pioneers in 1856 and 1857. A wood-frame church was built on this site in 1868, and replaced in 1908 with this more permanent structure. The church was named for Vista Hundred, a geographical division of Sweden from which many of the settlers had come. [4]

Description

The interior has stenciling on the walls and the ceiling, and the carved pulpit sits high above the congregation. The exterior uses red brick and stone. [5] [6]

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References

  1. "Churches". City of New Richland. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. "Vista Lutheran Church". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
  4. 1 2 Korsmo-Kennon, Peggy; Jan Brown (1982-05-01). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Vista Lutheran Church". National Park Service. Retrieved 2013-07-30.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. John-Brian Paprock; Teresa Peneguy Paprock (2004). Sacred Sites of Minnesota. Black Earth, Wisconsin: Trails Books. p. 58. ISBN   1-931599-26-2.
  6. "Historical Sites - Public Buildings - Vista Lutheran Church". Waseca County Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-01-24.

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