The Minnekirken Church is located in Logan Square at 2614 N. Kedzie Avenue, right next to the CTA Blue Line stop. I saw it for the first time on Saturday when I attended the Logan Square 2018 Historic Boulevard House Walk hosted by Logan Square Preservation. It was built between 1908 and 1912 and was designed by architects Charles F. Sorensen and Mason S.N. Nelson in a Protestant adaptation of Gothic Revival style.
The congregation had actually started in a private home in 1900 before the church was built. The first Pastor was Johan B. Meyer and services were conducted in accordance with traditional services of the Church of Norway. During The Depression the congregation lost the church because it couldn’t pay the mortgage, but they were able to raise enough money and reaquire the church in 1934. It was renamed Den Norske LutherskeMinnekirke, which translates to Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church. It is the only Lutheran Church in Chicago whose primary language is Norwegian and only one of two in the entire U.S. The other is in Minneapolis. In addition to church services, the church hosts activities such as Norwegian cooking classes, concerts and an annual Christmas bazaar and the annual Logan SquareHistoric Boulevard House Walk.
- Note – The exterior photos are mine. The interior are from Wikipedia.