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Comprised of three units that form a T-plan, this one-story, Contemporary-style church is constructed of concrete block and faced with brick. Oriented to the south, a flat-roofed, open overhang clad with wooden shingles shelters a series of glass doors that open into the narthex of the church, which also serves as a lobby area to the west and east wings. To the west is a flat-roofed administrative wing that includes the church office, while the east wing includes Sunday school classrooms and is topped, in part, with a low Mansard roof. Another series of glass doors provides entry to the church sanctuary, the block of which is topped with a tall Mansard roof covered with wooden shingles. The sanctuary consists of one, large and open space with colored glass windows to both the east and west and includes original blonde wooden pews, as well as other original church furniture. Aside from the sanctuary windows, other fenestration is generally comprised of two-light casements.
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church was built in 1965, although its roots date to 1884, with the establishment of the Nidaros Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran congregation. The group’s first church was built at 220 9th Avenue West (and which remains extant). Although worship began in the building as early as 1889, it was not fully complete until 1892-1893. In 1894, Nidaros joined the Lutheran Free Church and a number of the original members left to establish Trinity Norwegian Lutheran Church (at 1101 3rd Street East) and remained in the Evangelical Synod. At the same time, another group left to join the Presbyterians, who were offering religious education in English. In 1959, came a proposal for a merger of the Nidaros congregation and that of the First English Lutheran Church (which was created in 1931, following the merger of Trinity Lutheran and St. John’s Lutheran). Despite a failed merger, several members of First English joined Nidaros and, in 1960, plans began for a new church edifice in a new location. With the new church--which was dedicated on 12 December 1965--came the name change to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, the congregation of which continues to worship at this location. |
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