The United Lutheran Church is a church located at 324 Chestnut Street in
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the state of North Dakota (after Fargo and Bismarck) and the county seat of Grand Forks County. According to the 2020 census, the city's population was 59,166. Grand Forks, along with its twin city o ...
. The historic church building was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
History
United Lutheran Church is the result of a merger of three early Lutheran congregations in Grand Forks: Zion, Trinity and First.
The church is affiliated with the Eastern North Dakota Synod of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is a mainline Protestant Lutheran church headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The ELCA was officially formed on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three Lutheran church bodies. , it has approxim ...
.
The church building was constructed during 1931-1932 and was a daring enterprise, in terms of its modern architecture and in terms of the economic times. It is an exceptional
Art Deco building. The building is built of North Dakota brick. The church has a buttressed Art Deco bell tower that concludes with a ziggurat-like dome. The top portion of the tower was added in 1941.
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The church was designed by the father and son architectural firm of
Joseph Bell DeRemer (1871–1944) and
Samuel Teel DeRemer
Joseph Bell DeRemer (1871–1944), who lived and worked in Grand Forks, North Dakota, was one of the finest architects in North Dakota. Some of the important works produced by him or his firm, which included his son Samuel Teel DeRemer, include ...
(1894-1967).
References
External links
United Lutheran Church official site
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota
Churches completed in 1932
20th-century Lutheran churches in the United States
Joseph Bell DeRemer buildings
National Register of Historic Places in Grand Forks, North Dakota
Art Deco architecture in North Dakota
1932 establishments in North Dakota
Lutheran churches in North Dakota
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