The choir of East Sveadahl Lutheran Church, rural St. James, is pictured in 1908 on a postcard. Pictured among the choir members are brothers Tony, Emil, and Adolph Torkelson.
Trinity Lutheran Church still stands today. It is on the northeast corner of Main Street and Hobart. The church has been added to since this picture was taken. The church at this time was at the edge of town with no other buildings around it.
This postcard shows a view of the German Lutheran Church in St. Peter, which was located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Mulberry and Fifth streets, facing Mulberry. The church is more properly known as the St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church.
The Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church was bought by the Free Evangelical Church in 1952 and moved one block north of the light plant. It was destroyed by fire on October 31, 1953.
This church was built in 1891. it was used for church services until 1919 when a new church was built in Hendricks, Minnesota. This building was located 1 mile east and one half mile north of Hendricks, Minnesota. It was finally taken down in 1945.
The Norwegian Lutheran Church is on the left. This church still remains as is but is the Methodist church. The church on the right is Trinity Lutheran Church. It remains today and looks the same.
Exterior view of St. John's Lutheran Church in Northfield, Minnesota. Text on front of postcard reads "New Norwegian Lutheran Church." Handwritten note on back of postcard reads "Removed from Bessie M. Burnham Scrapbook."
The Norwegian Lutheran Church, Hendricks, Minnesota, became a spinoff congregation from Singsaas Lutheran Church. This building was First Lutheran Church until they moved to another building in 1963. Today this building is the Grace United Methodist church. When built the church was at the edge of town , only longer grass around it with no other buildings.
Exterior view of Our Savior's Lutheran Church and Parsonage located in Santiago, Minnesota. The postcard incorrectly identifies the location as in Princeton.
Exterior view of Suomi Synod Lutheran Church. This church was founded following a schism in the original Lutheran church group in 1902. Called the "basement church", the sanctuary and upper level were not completed until 1941.
This church stood on the east corner of Norway Avenue and Second Street South. During 1905 and 1906 plans and a pledge campaign resulted in a decision to build the. The cornerstone was laid July 9, 1907, and the first service in the newly completed church was held on January 6, 1908.