Nearest city Aitkin, Minnesota MPS Aitkin County MRA Opened 1897 Phone +1 218-927-3935 | Built 1897 (1897) NRHP Reference # 82002928 Area 1 ha Added to NRHP 16 April 1982 | |
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Address 36696 320th St, Aitkin, MN 56431, USA Similar First lutheran Church, Saint John's Lutheran, St James Catholic Church, The Journey North, Lutheran Church of the Cross |
Bethlehem Lutheran Church (also known as Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Bethlehem Church) is a historic Lutheran church in Nordland Township, Minnesota, United States. The church was constructed in 1897 by Swedish immigrants. The Gothic Revival building features a square tower topped by a belfry and an octagonal spire. The church's congregation formed in 1891 and was the second of five Swedish Lutheran churches established in the county. Aitkin County received a large influx of Swedish immigrants in the late 1800s, and the church is one of the best-preserved buildings constructed by the immigrant population upon their arrival.
The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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