Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church (Boise, Idaho)

Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Location	707 W. Fort St. Boise, Idaho
Coordinates	43°37′16″N 116°12′05″W
Built	1908
Architect	Charles F. Hummel, I
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
Part of	Fort Street Historic District (ID82000199)
NRHP reference No.	76000664
Added to NRHP	June 17, 1976

Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church located in Boise, Idaho. The church was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 17, 1976. It was included as a contributing property in the Fort Street Historic District on November 12, 1982.

The church was organized on January 22, 1906, as the Swedish Lutheran Church of the Augustana Synod. It was associated with the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, a Lutheran church body founded by Swedish immigrants. The current church building was built in 1908 and was dedicated on September 22, 1915. Because the founders were Scandinavian, the church services were first held in the Swedish language. October 1, 1918, the church decided to change to the English language for church sermons, in an effort to appeal to Lutherans of other ethnic backgrounds. The last remaining tie to the founders' Swedish heritage was severed in 1919, when the church changed its name to Boise Evangelical Lutheran Church. In the 1950s the church was renamed again as Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church. Immanuel Lutheran Church is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

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Media related to Immanuel Lutheran Church (Boise, Idaho) at Wikimedia Commons

• Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church Official site