Nearest city Orfordville, Wisconsin NRHP Reference # 80000191 Opened 1872 Added to NRHP 27 May 1980 | Built 1872 (1872) Address Brodhead, WI 53520, USA Area 2,400 m² | |
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West Luther Valley Lutheran Church is a historic church in Orfordville, Wisconsin. The church is situated southwest of Orfordville on West Church Rd. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The first Norwegian immigrants in southwestern Rock County, then called Rock Prairie, arrived in l839. The Luther Valley congregation was founded in Rock Prairie during 1844, with Pastor Claus Lauritz Clausen as its pastor. Clausen served as Luther Valley pastor until 1851. East Luther Valley Church was erected in 1847-48 as the first Norwegian-American Lutheran congregation in Rock County, Wisconsin. The West Luther Valley Church was constructed as a branch of the East Luther Valley Church, to accommodate members who lived in the western parts of the parish. The present church building was built in 1872.