Church of St. Stephen-Catholic

Co. Hwy. 7, St. Stephen, Minnesota. County/parish: Stearns.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 15, 1982. NRIS 82003059.

2 contributing buildings.

Church of St. Stephen (St. Stephen, Minnesota): The Church of St. Stephen is a historic Roman Catholic church building in St. Stephen, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Cloud. The church was constructed in 1903 in a rural community settled by Slovene immigrants. An 1890 rectory stands behind the church. Both buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for their state-level significance in the themes of architecture, exploration/settlement, and religion. The property was nominated for reflecting the settlement of rural Stearns County by Catholic immigrant groups clustered in small, ethnic hamlets dominated by a central church.
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