Church of the Holy Comforter-Episcopal
National Register of Historic Places

Church of the Holy Comforter-Episcopal

Brownsville, Houston County, Minnesota
Listed
June 1, 1970
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
70000298

About this property

The Church of the Holy Comforter, built in 1872, is a 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. The church is not in use but is open by appointment only. Media related to Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter at Wikimedia Commons

Location

Brownsville, Houston County, Minnesota
43.69452, -91.27716

Categories

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Church of the Holy Comforter-Episcopal listed on the National Register?

Church of the Holy Comforter-Episcopal was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 1, 1970.

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Church of the Holy Comforter-Episcopal is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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