Historic Contexts Study and Phase II Inventory (Downtown Elk River) 2022

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I� Churches Union Church, 1118 Fourth Street N. W. (1881). Photo 2002. The Yankee settlement of the 1850s and 1860s was reflected in the organization of the first churches as well as early fraternal organizations and societies. The first organized congregation in Sherburne County was the Trinity Episcopal Church. A first building was erected was erected in the late 1850s at 1915 Second Street. 70 It was moved to Elk River in 1877. The present building at 1326 Fourth Street N.W. dates from 1890-1. The United Christian Society of Elk River was organized in about 1866, and the Union Church about 1875. The present church at 1118 Fourth Street N.W. was erected in 1881. The building was designed and built by W.F. Chadbourne of Elk River. The memorial windows were dedicated in 1923. " The Meadowvale Church in Elk River township was a branch of this congregation; it was created in ca. 1920. The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1875. The congregation met in the Orono schoolhouse until a church was built north of the railroad tracks in 1889. A New church was erected in 1916 along the Jefferson Highway near Minnesota Street. 72 The Emmanuel German Lutheran Church was organized in 1918. The congregation purchased the former Methodist Church. Services were initially held in German and English; one German service per month was still held in the late 1930s. The Norwegian Lutheran Church was organized in 1933 with about nineteen charter members. The congregation originally rented the Episcopal Church for services, with each congregation meeting several times per month. Services were initially offered in both Norwegian and English. Elk River Historic Contexts Study Draft 412002 33