Highview Christiania Lutheran Church is an American church in Eureka Township, Minnesota, at 26690 Highview Avenue, about nine miles (14 km) southwest of Farmington, Minnesota.[2]
Christiania Lutheran Free Church | |
 Christiania Lutheran Free Church viewed from the southwest | |
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| Location | 26690 Highview Avenue, Eureka Township, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates | 44°33′53″N 93°14′17″W / 44.56472°N 93.23806°W |
| Area | 6.3 acres (2.5 ha) |
| Built | 1865 (cemetery), 1877–78 (church) |
| Architect | Hans Berg Larsen |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 10000301[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 28, 2010 |
In the early 1850s, a group of Norwegian immigrants first arrived in Eureka Township. A Norwegian language Lutheran congregation was formally organized in 1860. Their church was first known as the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in Christiana Settlement.[3]
The carpenter Gothic church was built under the direction of Hans Berg Larsen between 1877 and 1878, on the site of the old log church[4] and dedicated in 1878. It is one of the oldest church buildings in continuous use in the state of Minnesota and has been called the Highview Christiania Lutheran Church since 1966.[5] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Christiania Lutheran Free Church" (PDF). United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
- ^ Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge (1910) History of Dakota and Goodhue Counties (Chicago: H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.)
- ^ A. Gerald Dyste. "The Twin Churches Christiania, Minnesota From 1854 to 1864 A Study of the Causes of Immigrant Church Conflicts". The Norwegian-American Historical Association (Volume 33: Page 73). Retrieved January 20, 2016.
- ^ Humphrey, Katie (2011-05-15). "Preaching history: Highview Christiania near Farmington still looks much as it did in the late 1800s, when it was involved in "church wars" with other Norwegian Lutheran congregations". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minn. p. 01N.