Valley Grove | |
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| Location | 9999 155th Street E, Wheeling Township, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates | 44°21′42″N 93°6′3″W / 44.36167°N 93.10083°W |
| Area | 1.9 acres (0.77 ha) |
| Built | 1862, 1894 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Carpenter Gothic |
| MPS | Rice County MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 82003026[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 6, 1982 |
Valley Grove is a historic Lutheran church complex in Wheeling Township, Minnesota, United States. It consists of two 19th-century churches surrounded by a hilltop cemetery. The older building was constructed in stone in 1862 by a rural community of Norwegian immigrants. The congregation outgrew the first church and constructed a larger, wooden replacement in 1894, converting the original building into a guild hall.[2][3] The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for its local significance in the themes of architecture, art, and religion.[4] It was nominated for encapsulating two phases of rural ecclesiastical architecture in a dramatic hilltop tableau, and for its role in anchoring eastern Rice County's dispersed community of Norwegian immigrants.[2]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Bloomberg, Britta (February 1981). Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Valley Grove. National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-08-16. With three accompanying photos from 1980
- ^ MacDonald & Mack Architects, LTD. (2013-09-30). Historic Structure Report for the Valley Grove Churches (PDF). Valley Grove Preservation Society. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
- ^ "Valley Grove". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2018-08-01.