St. John the Divine Episcopal Church (Moorhead, Minnesota)
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St. John the Divine Episcopal Church | |
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Location | 120 South 8th Street, Moorhead, Minnesota |
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Coordinates | 46°52′22″N 96°46′2″W / 46.87278°N 96.76722°W |
Built | 1898–99 |
Architect | Cass Gilbert |
MPS | Clay County MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 80002020[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 7, 1980 |
St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, also known as St. John's Episcopal Church, is a church in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. It was built 1898–99 in Shingle Style and is considered Moorhead's leading architectural landmark and one of Cass Gilbert's most interesting churches.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Unlike all other episcopal churches in Minnesota, it is part of the Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota because of its proximity to Fargo.
Its design was the basis for design of St. George's Episcopal Memorial Church in Bismarck, North Dakota, which was completed in 1949 and was listed on the National Register in 2021.
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Harvey, Tom (October 1979). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: St. John The Divine Episcopal Church" (PDF). Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved January 27, 2014. [permanent dead link]
Categories:
- 19th-century Episcopal church buildings
- Buildings and structures in Clay County, Minnesota
- Cass Gilbert buildings
- Episcopal church buildings in Minnesota
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
- Churches completed in 1898
- Moorhead, Minnesota
- 1898 establishments in Minnesota
- National Register of Historic Places in Clay County, Minnesota
- Minnesota Registered Historic Place stubs
- Minnesota church stubs