Laketown Moravian Brethren's Church

Laketown Moravian Brethren's Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Victoria, Minnesota, United States
Coordinates	44°52′8″N 93°40′38″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1878 (1878)
MPS	Carver County MRA
NRHP reference No.	80001981[1]
Added to NRHP	January 4, 1980

Laketown Moravian Brethren's Church (also known as Lake Auburn Moravian Church) is a historic church on County Highway 11 in Victoria, Minnesota, United States.

The congregation was organized on October 31, 1858, at the house of John Holtmeier. In 1860 a log church was built on land that Holtmeier donated to the congregation. In 1878, a brick church was built near the previous site, at a cost of $2500, with 74 members in the congregation.[2]

The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It was nominated for being a well-preserved example of rural vernacular religious architecture, marking a transition between the spartan frame designs of Carver County's earliest churches and its elaborate later churches of brick.[3]

See also

• Zoar Moravian Church: nearby church also on the NRHP

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Charles S. Bryant (1882). History of the Minnesota Valley: Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota. North Star Publishing Company. p. 379. Laketown Moravian Brethren Church.
3. Lofstrom, Ted (January 1978). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Laketown Moravian Brethren's Church". National Park Service. Retrieved January 30, 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)