Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church - Minneapolis, MN
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N 44° 59.193 W 093° 15.471
15T E 479672 N 4981488
This is Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, the oldest standing church in the City of Minneapolis, and one of the 85 contributing properties of the St. Anthony Falls Historic District.
Waymark Code: WM4A2Z
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 07/27/2008
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Our Lady of Lourdes Church is the oldest continuously used church in the city of Minneapolis. It was designated a U.S. historic landmark in 1934 and is the first parish in the United States named in honor of Our Lady of Lourdes. Near this spot in 1680, Father Louis Hennepin first sighted and named the Falls of St. Anthony.
The original building, the front rectangular nave, which is the part from the side doors back to the inner glass doors, was constructed of native limestone by the First Universalist Society between 1854 and 1857, in a Greek temple style, as can be seen in the enlarged photo on display in the vestibule of the church. Twenty years later, in 1877, the building was purchased by the Catholic French Canadian community, which had been a part of St. Anthony of Padua parish, the first Catholic parish in Minneapolis. The community has worshipped here continuously for over 120 years.
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