Organized in 1884, this mission of the Baptist Union located at 910 Emerson Ave. North, was under the leadership of Superintendent, Chelsea J. Rockwood. The mission hosted a Sunday school, gospel meetings, and the Cheerful Gleaners mission band (City Directory, 1888). By 1893, when N. C. Chapin...
According to the 1936 WPA Report, Zion Baptist Church was organized in 1905 as a daughter church of Bethesda Baptist. The church, also called a “mission” in the newspaper, was located at Fourth Street and Sixth Avenue, North, where an existing building was purchased for its use. A 1907 Minneapoli...
This Norwegian Lutheran congregation formed in 1884 as a daughter of Our Savior's Church (24th and Chicago Ave., South), under the leadership of Rev. O.P. Vangnes, and initially held services in the "German church at 3rd St. and 16th Ave. North" and later in a rented hall (WPA report, p. 1). Joining...
1906: Wells Memorial was established as a combined church mission and settlement house by St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Originally located on 6th St. between Nicollet & Hennepin Avenues.
1908: Wells Memorial Inc. Settlement House was established to provide medical, social, and educational services...
Wayman AME Church was organized in 1919 to serve the needs of residents living on the North Side. It was organized in a home located at 6th and Emerson Avenue North with several members of St. Peter’s and St. James (the two South Side churches) present. The congregation was named for Bishop...
1897: Organized by pastors from Church of the Redeemer and First Universalist Church.
1898: Located at 1611 Washington Ave. N.
1898: Programs include kindergarten classes, evening school, day nursery, boy and girls’ clubs, and "relief" work.
1911: New building at 250 17th Ave. N. Now has a...
The exact date that the congregation initially named Tifereth B’nai Israel was founded is uncertain, but it was in existence by 1897. Organized by Jewish immigrants from Bessarabia, the congregation first met in a private home located near Emerson and Eighth Avenue North. A synagogue was built in...
1895: Began as a one-room school attached to Kennesset Israel Synagogue.
1910: Acquired a building at 818 Bassett Place and came under Jewish communal sponsorship. This building was later sold (apparently) to Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House.
1915: New building erected at 8th Ave. and Fremont...
This congregation was established on October 16, 1887, by German immigrants who purchased a small chapel built by Highland Park Presbyterian Church. In 1894, the congregation erected a new church at 1800 Dupont Ave. N.
Pastors: John Weyrauch, 9/1887-11/1887; E. Neundorf 1887-8; Herman Fritschel...