Old Danish Church
Old Danish Church | |
41°21′27″N 89°44′6″W / 41.35750°N 89.73500°W / 41.35750; -89.73500 | |
Area | less than one acre |
---|---|
Built | 1880 (1880) |
NRHP reference No. | 73000691[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 2, 1973 |
The Old Danish Church, also known as St. Peter's Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church, is a historic church located at the southeast corner of Cook and Washington Streets in Sheffield, Illinois. The church was built in 1880 to house a congregation formed in 1869, which was made up of immigrants from Lolland, Denmark who had begun to loosely organize two years prior. This congregation was the oldest in the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, which was not officially formed until 1874. The 1880 church is a Gothic Revival structure with a 75-foot (23 m) steeple; the steeple houses the original bell, which was added in 1885. The interior of the church features three frescoes on the ceiling and a painting of the crucifixion behind the altar; the altar, communion railing, and baptismal font are all original.[2]
The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 2, 1973.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Schmitt, Margaret (November 10, 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Old Danish Church" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 5, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
- v
- t
- e
- Architectural style categories
- Contributing property
- Historic district
- History of the National Register of Historic Places
- Keeper of the Register
- National Park Service
- Property types
- List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state:
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- National Register of Historic Places portal
- Category
This article about a property in Bureau County, Illinois on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e