Church of the Assumption (Saint Paul, Minnesota)

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Church of the Assumption--Catholic
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Church of the Assumption in 1964
Church of the Assumption in 1964
Location: 51 9th Street West
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Coordinates: 44°56′51″N 93°5′57″W / 44.9475, -93.09917Coordinates: 44°56′51″N 93°5′57″W / 44.9475, -93.09917
Built/Founded: 1870
Architect: Joseph Reidl (Reidel), Erd Schlick, and Bahnholzer
Architectural style(s): Romanesque
Added to NRHP: February 10, 1975
NRHP Reference#: 75001008[1]
Governing body: Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
the church's surroundings have changed - 2008 photograph
the church's surroundings have changed - 2008 photograph

The Church of the Assumption Catholic Church was dedicated in 1874 and is the oldest existing church in Saint Paul in the state of Minnesota (U.S. . It is located at 51 West Seventh Street, in downtown Saint Paul. The church's construction was ordered by then Archbishop John Ireland, who wanted the city's growing Catholic German immigrant population to have a parish of their own.[2] The initial staffing of the parish was met by priests and brothers from St. John's Abbey (Order of St. Benedict) in Collegeville, MN. It was built in a plain Romanesque style of Lake Superior limestone by German Catholics, and is said to have been modeled after the Ludwigskirche in Munich. The architect, Joseph Reidel was a court architect for the Wittelsbach family in Bavaria, Germany.[3][4]


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  1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  2. ^ Hess, Jeffrey A.; Paul Clifford Larson. St. Paul's Architecture: A History. University of Minnesota Press. 
  3. ^ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3. 
  4. ^ Milner, John (June 1964). Church of the Assumption (Roman Catholic). Historic American Buildings Survey. Library of Congress. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
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