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Christiania Lutheran Free Church

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Built
  
1865 (1865)

Opened
  
1865

Added to NRHP
  
28 May 2010

NRHP Reference #
  
10000301

Area
  
3 ha

Nearest city
  
Eureka Township

Christiania Lutheran Free Church

Architectural style
  
Gothic Revival architecture

Christiania Lutheran Free Church (now Highview Christiania Lutheran Church - ELCA) is a historic church in Eureka Township, Dakota County, Minnesota. The church is located at 26690 Highview Avenue approximately 9 miles southwest of Farmington, Minnesota.

In the early 1850s, a group of Norwegian immigrant first arrived in Eureka township . A Norwegian language Lutheran congregation was formally organized in 1860. Their church was first known as the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in Christiana Settlement. The carpenter Gothic church was built under the direction of Hans Berg Larsen between 1877-78. It located on the site of the congregation's original 1865 log church. The church was dedicated in 1878. It is one of the oldest church buildings in continuous use in the state of Minnesota. Christiania Lutheran Free Church has been known as the Highview Christiania Lutheran Church since 1966. The church building was added to the National Register in 2010.

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Christiania Lutheran Free Church Wikipedia