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The volunteer-led construction of the church began in 1983 and was modeled after the Borgund Stave Church in Borgund, Lærdal, Norway, which was built in 1150.It was created to reflect the Scandinavian heritage of Washington Island and was originally proposed by James Reiff, who was the acting pastor of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church from 1978–1985.
Rural historic district settled by French-speaking Belgian farmers, consisting of 261 buildings built between 1871 and 1930, [66] including farmsteads, homes, the 1891 St. Mary of the Snows Catholic Church, the 1910 Fairland School, and the 1916 William Struck store. [67] 48: Alexander Noble House: Alexander Noble House: February 23, 1996 : ...
Augustana Church was the direct parent of several liberal arts colleges in the United States: Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois; Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota; Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas; California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California; Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska; and the defunct ...
Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg (1711 - 1786) - Founder of the Lutheran church in America. Peter Muhlenberg (1746 - 1807) - Clergy, Revolutionary War soldier, US House, US Senate Ishmael Noko (b. 1943)- General secretary of the Lutheran World Federation .
French Island is a census-designated place (CDP) in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,207 at the 2010 census. [3] It lies on an island of the same name, though they are not coextensive; a portion of the island is part of the city of La Crosse. All of the island is part of the La Crosse Metropolitan Statistical Area.
1898 Episcopal church, designed in Romanesque Revival style by M.S. Detweiler with large corner tower and locally-quarried buff limestone contrasted with red sandstone. Features a Tiffany stained-glass window. [54] [55] 21: Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Burr Oak: October 23, 2023 : 9113 State Highway 108
The Gothic Revival church building was designed by E. Townsend Mix, a noted Milwaukee architect, and constructed as Olivet Congregational Church in 1868. [4] The building was sold to the Episcopal diocese in 1871 when the Olivet congregation faced bankruptcy, and was consecrated as a cathedral in 1898. Incense was first used at All Saints ...
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America The Eielsen Synod (originally named the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ) was a Lutheran church body . It was founded in 1846 at Jefferson Prairie Settlement , Wisconsin , by a group of Haugean Lutherans led by Elling Eielsen , the first Norwegian Lutheran minister in the United States.