Church Of The Sacred Heart (Freeport, Minnesota)
History
The Sacred Heart parish was originally part of a parish in New Munich, Minnesota. The heavily German-American community of Freeport asked the Diocese of St. Cloud for a priest to form their own parish, and Father Simplicius Wimmer arrived in response. Freeport's first church building was a wood-frame structure built in 1882, measuring 70 by 36 feet (21 by 11 m), with a rectory added in 1890. The parish outgrew this building and constructed a new one in 1896, which was a brick-veneered building measuring 154 by 66 feet (47 by 20 m) and seating 1,000 people. The second building was completed at a cost of $30,000 (equivalent to $1,098,720 in 2023). The original wood building was donated to the parish of St. Rose and moved five miles (8 km) north.
The 1896 building was struck by lightning in 1904 and destroyed by fire. The parish immediately organized a rebuilding effort, and even the priest pitched in. The third building was even larger and more ornate than the second building, with a total construction cost of $115,000 (equivalent to $3,899,778 in 2023) by the time it was finished in 1906. It required 38 boxcar loads of brick for its construction.
The parish is now part of a cluster with Immaculate Conception in New Munich and St. Rose of Lima in St. Rosa, Minnesota.
See also
- List of Catholic churches in the United States
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Stearns County, Minnesota
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Koop, Michael (February 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Church of the Sacred Heart (Catholic)". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-06-10. With four accompanying photos from 1989
- ^ "Church of the Sacred Heart (Catholic)". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
- ^ Alan K. Lathrop (2003). Churches of Minnesota: An Illustrated Guide. University of Minnesota Press. p. 55. ISBN 0816629099.
- ^ "Welcome to our Tri-Parish Community". Tri-Parish Community. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
External links
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