Church of the Immaculate Conception (St. Anna, Minnesota)

{{short description|Historic church in Minnesota, United States}}

{{Other places|Church of the Immaculate Conception (disambiguation){{!}}Church of the Immaculate Conception}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Church of the Immaculate Conception

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| image = Church of the Immaculate Conception (Avon, Minnesota).jpg

| caption = The Church of the Immaculate Conception viewed from the southwest

| coordinates = {{coord|45|39|42|N|94|28|30|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Minnesota#USA

| location = 37186 County Road 9,
St. Anna, Minnesota

| area = {{convert|2.5|acre|ha}}

| built = 1902

| architect =

| architecture = Romanesque Revival

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000381|title=Ethnic Hamlet Churches–Stearns County Catholic Settlement Churches TR}}

| refnum = 82003038{{NRISref|2010a}}

| added = April 15, 1982

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The Church of the Immaculate Conception is a historic Roman Catholic church building in the unincorporated community of St. Anna, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Cloud. The church was constructed in 1902 in a rural community settled by Polish immigrants.{{cite web |last=Harvey |first=Thomas |title=Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Ethnic Hamlet Churches: Stearns County Catholic Settlement |url={{NRHP url|id=64000381}} |publisher=National Park Service |date=October 1980 |accessdate=2018-06-11}} With {{NRHP url|id=82003038|photos=y|title=three accompanying photos from 1980}} It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for its state-level significance in the themes of architecture, exploration/settlement, and religion.{{cite web |title=Stearns County Ethnic Hamlet Catholic Churches: Church of the Immaculate Conception |url=http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/nrhp/NRDetails.cfm-NPSNum=82003038.html |work=Minnesota National Register Properties Database |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |year=2009 |accessdate=2018-06-11}} It was nominated for reflecting the settlement of rural Stearns County by Catholic immigrant groups clustered in small, ethnic hamlets dominated by a central church.

History

St. Anna was established on the shore of Pelican Lake by Catholic immigrants from Poland. Their first church, a small wood-frame building, was built in 1887. It was completely destroyed by fire in June 1902. A new building, of yellow brick, was constructed in the winter of 1902 and dedicated in October 1903.{{cite web |title=History |url=http://holdingfordareacatholiccommunity.yolasite.com/history.php |publisher=Holdingford Area Catholic Community |accessdate=2013-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104041443/http://holdingfordareacatholiccommunity.yolasite.com/history.php |archive-date=2013-11-04 |url-status=dead }}

Immaculate Conception is part of a cluster of three parishes known as the Two Rivers Catholic Community. The other parishes are St. Stanislaus Kostka in Bowlus and All Saints in Holdingford.{{cite web |title=Two Rivers Catholic Community |url=https://tworiverscatholic.com/ |publisher=Two Rivers Catholic Community |accessdate=2018-06-11}}

See also

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