Zoar Norwegian Lutheran Church | |
Nearest city | Grenville, South Dakota |
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Coordinates | 45°32′36″N97°14′23″W / 45.543368°N 97.239633°W Coordinates: 45°32′36″N97°14′23″W / 45.543368°N 97.239633°W |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 90001644 [1] |
Added to NRHP | October 25, 1990 |
The Zoar Norwegian Lutheran Church is a historic church in rural northeastern Day County, South Dakota. It is a modest wood-frame structure, set on a rise south of County Road 4 northeast of Pickerel Lake. It has Gothic Revival styling, and a bell tower capped by a steeple with flared roof. Built in 1904, it is one of a few surviving period country churches in the region, and is distinctive for its use by a Norwegian-American community in an area predominantly populated by Polish immigrants. [2]
The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1]
The Odalen Lutherske Kirke, also known as the Odalen Lutheran Church or simply the Odalen Church, was an historic Norwegian-American Lutheran church located in Tiber Township, in Walsh County near Edinburg, North Dakota.
Zion Lutheran Church is located in rural Norman County, Minnesota, United States. The church is situated 3 miles (4.8 km) east of the town of Shelly on County Road 3. The church was founded in 1880 to serve a Norwegian immigrant congregation. The Victorian Gothic church was constructed during 1883. The church and adjacent cemetery were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
Trondhjem Norwegian Lutheran Church is a historic church in Webster Township, Rice County, Minnesota. It was original built in 1878 and rebuilt in 1899. It is situated about 1 mi (1.6 km) south of Minnesota State Highway 19 at 8501 Garfield Avenue S, southeast of Lonsdale, Minnesota.
The Lebanon Lutheran Church in South Dakota was established by Norwegian immigrants to the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Indian Reservation. It was the first Norwegian Lutheran church in that area predating congregations in nearby Ortley and Summit. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. In the mid-1960s, as rural populations were declining, Lebanon Church became a part of a 3-church merger with Zion Lutheran Church (Ortley) and Summit Lutheran Church resulting in the creation of Hope Lutheran Church in Summit, SD. Regular Sunday services ceased at that point, although the property continues to be maintained and is utilized periodically for special events relating primarily to the history of the church or descendants of the parishioners.
Our Saviour's Evangelical Lutheran Church, also known as the Danish Lutheran Church, is a historic church located at 300 Walnut Street in Manistee, Michigan. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The building is the oldest existing Danish Lutheran church in the United States.
Our Savior's Scandinavian Lutheran Church, also known as Our Savior's Lutheran Church or Our Savior's Evangelical Lutheran Church is located in Ward County, North Dakota. It is situated one mile north of State Route #50 and one quarter mile west of Ward County Highway #1 near Coulee, Mountrail County, North Dakota. The church and its cemetery were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
Viking Lutheran Church is located in South Viking Township in Benson County, and it is a historic wood-frame church in rural Maddock, North Dakota. The congregation was founded in 1887, and the church was built in 1903 with some Gothic elements. The church interior was originally painted with angels, stars, and other elaborate decorations within the sanctuary, but the paintings were covered during renovations. The church also features a unique stained glass window portraying Martin Luther on the North side of the church and Jesus holding a lamb on the South side, among many other elaborate stained glass windows.
St. John's Lutheran Church of Richland County, was built in 1883 by the faith community originally known as the South Wild Rice Lutheran Congregation, whose constitution was adopted on December 27, 1872. In 1882 the name of the faith community was changed to St. John's as construction of the building began. This wood-frame church still stands on its original "single course, dry-laid, uncut fieldstone foundation," and is located east of the Wild Rice River in the Red River Valley near Galchutt, North Dakota.
The Vang Evangelical Lutheran Church is a historic church located in Wells County, North Dakota.
The Singsaas Lutheran Church is a church in rural Brookings County, South Dakota. It is situated 3 miles northwest of the community of Hendricks, Minnesota. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
The Aurland United Norwegian Lutheran Church is a church located southwest of Frederick, South Dakota, built in 1903–1905. It is no longer actively used for services. The church has not been altered significantly since its construction. In 1982, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Telemarken Lutheran Church is a historic church near Wallace, South Dakota. The church was added to the National Register in 1989.
The Immanuel Lutheran Church is a historic church in rural Jones County, South Dakota. It is located about 14 miles (23 km) north of Murdo, at a site that was settled in the early 20th century by an immigrant Norwegian population. It is a simple wood-frame structure, with wooden clapboard siding, a gable roof, and a small tower rising in the front (eastern) facade. Despite the exterior severity, its interior is more richly appointed, with Gothic Revival woodwork adorning the pews, railings, and pulpit. The church was built by this small Norwegian community in 1924, the congregation having met in less formal settings after its founding in 1907. Use of the church declined beginning in the 1930s; it underwent restoration in the late 1980s.
Lake Madison Lutheran Church is a historic church in Lake County, South Dakota near Madison, about 7.5 miles (12.1 km) to the northeast of the town. The church was completed in 1898 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Bethel Lutheran Church is a historic church located at Main and Fifth Streets in Faith, South Dakota. The church was built in 1925 by a Norwegian Lutheran congregation that formed in Faith in 1917. While Norwegians were one of the largest immigrant groups in western South Dakota, the church is one of the few remaining Norwegian-American sites in Meade County. The church has a vernacular Gothic design typical of Norwegian Lutheran churches. A bell tower with an octagonal spire rises above the front entrance; the tower has Gothic arched openings on all four sides of the bell. The rest of the church is relatively plain and lacking in Gothic details; its significant features include stained glass windows and a Gothic nave plan.
The Vangen Church near Mission Hill, South Dakota was built in 1896. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Clearwater Evangelical Lutheran Church is a rural former place of worship near the Clearwater River in Equality Township, Red Lake County, Minnesota. It served a congregation of Norwegian Americans which organized in 1898 under the name Clearwater Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Before building the church, they met in homes and log schoolhouses.
Zoar Moravian Church is a historic church in Laketown Township, Minnesota, United States, near the city of Waconia, Minnesota. It was built in 1863 by a congregation of immigrants from Hopedale, Pennsylvania. It is built in a Greek Revival style, typical of other early public buildings in Minnesota. The steeple was moved forward in 1908 to create a bell tower. The congregation disbanded in the 1940s, but the church is maintained and used by the Waconia Moravian Church.
Sheldahl First Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church is a historic building located in Sheldahl, Iowa, United States. The community was platted by Osmund Sheldahl and J.S. Polk. Sheldahl was a lay Lutheran minister who settled in Illinois in 1845. He and three others came to this area in 1854 in search of cheap available land. The following year, 21 families that had organized themselves as the "Palestine Congregation" relocated to Story County. Sheldahl became a large land owner and the regular pastor for Palestine Lutheran Church in 1860. He built a house in town in 1877 and he and his two sons built this church building in 1883. Osmund Sheldahl served the congregation as an unpaid pastor for 13 years. His will stipulated that the church building be made available to any Christian denomination that emphasized Bible teaching. It remained in regular use until 1936.
West Paint Creek Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church and Cemetery is a historic building and site located northwest of Waterville, Iowa, United States. The church building and its adjacent cemetery were listed together on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.