Off Co. Hwy. 12, Aitkin, Minnesota. County/parish: Aitkin.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 16, 1982. NRIS 82002928.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
Bethlehem Lutheran Church (also known as Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Bethlehem Church) is a historic Lutheran church in Nordland Township, Minnesota, United States. The church was constructed in 1897 by Swedish immigrants. The Gothic Revival building features a square tower topped by a belfry and an octagonal spire. The church's congregation formed in 1891 and was the second of five Swedish Lutheran churches established in the county. Aitkin County received a large influx of Swedish immigrants in the late 1800s, and the church is one of the best-preserved buildings constructed by the immigrant population upon their arrival.
The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93200020