Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration (Belle Plaine, Minnesota)
Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration | |
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Location | Walnut and Church Streets, Belle Plaine, Minnesota |
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Coordinates | 44°37′28″N 93°45′47″W / 44.62444°N 93.76306°WCoordinates: 44°37′28″N 93°45′47″W / 44.62444°N 93.76306°W |
Built | 1869 |
Architect | Unknown |
Architectural style | Stick/Eastlake (Carpenter Gothic style) |
MPS | Scott County MRA |
NRHP Reference # | 80002159[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 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]
References
- ↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Historic Sites - Episcopal Church". Scott County Historical Society. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ↑ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.
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