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Old Muskego Church was erected by Norwegian-American Lutherans near Waterford in the Wind Lake area of Racine County, Wisconsin in 1844, four years before Wisconsin became a state. It was originally built in the Muskego Settlement near Muskego, Wisconsin, by Norwegian immigrant settlers. [3] [4]
It is located at the entrance to Norway Evangelical Lutheran Church, across from Heg Park, on Wisconsin Highway 36 in Wind Lake, Wisconsin. The inscription of the plaque acknowledges the leadership of John Luraas, Even Hansen Heg, Johannes Johannsen, Søren Bache, Elling Eielsen, Claus Lauritz Clausen and James DeNoon Reymert. [12]
Wind Lake: The 1837 Bendickson log cabin and the Eielson frame house were moved from elsewhere. The 1869 Norway Evangelical Lutheran church was built on this site when this community was a focal point of Norwegian immigration to America. [40] [41] 34: Old Main Street Historic District: Old Main Street Historic District: August 11, 1987
Norway Lutheran Church: St. Paul, Minnesota: 1843 Church Oldest Protestant church building in Minnesota; moved to St. Paul from Wind Lake, Wisconsin in 1904 John and Martin Mower House: Arcola, Minnesota: 1847 Residence An early Greek Revival house in the St. Croix Valley Banfill Tavern: Fridley, Minnesota: 1847 Residence
Viking Lutheran Church, (Maddock, North Dakota) Vang Evangelical Lutheran Church (Manfred, North Dakota) South Wild Rice Church, (Red River Valley, North Dakota) Our Savior's Scandinavian Lutheran Church, (Ward County, North Dakota) Calvary Lutheran Church and Parsonage (Silverton, Oregon) Aurland United Norwegian Lutheran Church, (Frederick ...
Most Norwegian immigrants to the United States, particularly in the migration wave between the 1860s and early 20th century, were members of the Church of Norway, an evangelical Lutheran church established by the Constitution of Norway. As they settled in their new homeland and forged their own communities, however, Norwegian-American Lutherans ...
In February 1853, several Lutheran ministers including Claus Lauritz Clausen, Hans Andreas Stub, Adolph Carl Preus, Herman Amberg Preus, G. F. Dietrichson, Jacob Aall Ottesen, and R. D. Brandt organized the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, commonly known as the Norwegian Synod.
Lutheran denominations are Protestant church bodies that identify, to a greater or lesser extent, with the theology of Martin Luther and with the writings contained in the Book of Concord. Most Lutheran denominations are affiliated with one or more regional, national, or international associations, the largest of which—the Lutheran World ...