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Church of the Holy Comforter (Brownsville, Minnesota)

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Built
  
1869

Opened
  
1869

NRHP Reference #
  
70000298

Added to NRHP
  
2 June 1970

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Location
  
Main Street, Brownsville, Minnesota

The Church of the Holy Comforter, built in 1872, is an historic Carpenter Gothic church located on Main Street, in Brownsville, Minnesota, on the west bank of the Mississippi River in the United States. It began as an Episcopal church, but later became a Methodist Episcopal church. In the 1940s, it became Emmanuel Lutheran Church. It had been vacant since 1963. On June 2, 1970, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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National register listing

  • Church of the Holy Comforter—Episcopal (added 1970 - Building - #70000298)
  • Also known as Methodist Episcopal Church; Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Main St., Brownsville
  • Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
  • Architect, builder, or engineer: Brown,Charles
  • Architectural Style: Other
  • Area of Significance: Architecture, Religion
  • Period of Significance: 1850-1874
  • Owner: Private
  • Historic Function: Religion
  • Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure
  • Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use
  • Current use

    The church is not in use but is open by appointment only.

    References

    Church of the Holy Comforter (Brownsville, Minnesota) Wikipedia