Church of Saint Stephen (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

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Church of Saint Stephen
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Location2211 Clinton Avenue S., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Coordinates 44°57′38.5″N93°16′16″W / 44.960694°N 93.27111°W / 44.960694; -93.27111 Coordinates: 44°57′38.5″N93°16′16″W / 44.960694°N 93.27111°W / 44.960694; -93.27111
Arealess than one acre
Built1889–91 [1]
Architect Frederick Corser, et al.
Architectural style Romanesque Revival
NRHP reference No. 91001058 [1]

The Church of Saint Stephen is a historic Roman Catholic church in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis in the U.S. state of Minnesota. This neighborhood is where entrepreneurs and businessmen built their mansions in the modern-day Washburn-Fair Oaks Mansion District. The building was built with sandstone, brick, concrete, and copper in 1889–1891. [1]

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It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [1] It is considered significant as an early and well-preserved example of a Richardsonian Romanesque/Romanesque Revival church. [2]

History

The parish was founded in the 1880s to serve a largely Irish immigrant population. As of 2013, St. Stephen's was one of the fastest growing parishes in Minneapolis due to the influx of Latino Catholics into the Twin-cities area. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Koop, Michael (January 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Church of St. Stephen (Catholic)". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-02-06.Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "Latinos Give Minneapolis Church a New Life", Star Tribune, March 31, 2013