Immanuel Lutheran Church (Murdo, South Dakota)

Immanuel Lutheran Church
Nearest city Murdo, South Dakota
Coordinates 44°5′45″N 100°43′35″W / 44.09583°N 100.72639°W / 44.09583; -100.72639Coordinates: 44°5′45″N 100°43′35″W / 44.09583°N 100.72639°W / 44.09583; -100.72639
Area less than one acre
Built 1924 (1924)
Architectural style Other, Nave Plan
NRHP Reference # 88000022[1]
Added to NRHP February 8, 1988

The Immanuel Lutheran Church is a historic church in rural Jones County, South Dakota. It is located about 14 miles (23 km) north of Murdo, at a site that was settled in the early 20th century by an immigrant Norwegian population. It is a simple wood frame structure, with wooden clapboard siding, a gable roof, and a small tower rising in the front (eastern) facade. Despite the exterior severity, its interior is more richly appointed, with Gothic Revival woodwork adorning the pews, railings, and pulpit. The church was built by this small Norwegian community in 1924, the congregation having met in less formal settings after its founding in 1907. Use of the church declined beginning in the 1930s; it underwent restoration in the late 1980s.[2]

The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Immanuel Lutheran Church" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-11-21.


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