Laketown Moravian Brethren's Church

Laketown Moravian Brethren's Church
Location Co. Hwy. 11, Victoria, Minnesota
Coordinates 44°52′8″N 93°40′38″W / 44.86889°N 93.67722°W / 44.86889; -93.67722Coordinates: 44°52′8″N 93°40′38″W / 44.86889°N 93.67722°W / 44.86889; -93.67722
Area less than one acre
Built 1878 (1878)
MPS Carver County MRA
NRHP reference # 80001981[1]
Added to NRHP January 4, 1980

Laketown Moravian Brethren's Church (also known as Lake Auburn Moravian Church) is a historic church on County Highway 11 in Victoria, Minnesota, United States.

The congregation was organized on October 31, 1858 at the house of John Holtmeier. In 1860 a log church was built on land that Holtmeier donated to the congregation. In 1878, a brick church was built near the previous site, at a cost of $2500, with 74 members in the congregation.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It was nominated for being a well-preserved example of rural vernacular religious architecture, marking a transition between the spartan frame designs of Carver County's earliest churches and its elaborate later churches of brick.[3]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Charles S. Bryant (1882). History of the Minnesota Valley: Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota. North Star Publishing Company.
  3. ↑ Lofstrom, Ted (January 1978). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Laketown Moravian Brethren's Church". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-30.


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