Minnesota St. and College Ave., St. Joseph, Minnesota. County/parish: Stearns.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 15, 1982. NRIS 82003057.
Part of Ethnic Hamlet Churches-Stearns County Catholic Settlement Churches TR (NRIS 64000381).
2 contributing buildings.
The Church of St. Joseph is a historic Roman Catholic church building in St. Joseph, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Cloud. It was constructed in a German immigrant community in 1869, though the tower wasn't completed until 1884. A rectory stands east of the church. Both buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for their state-level significance in the themes of architecture, exploration/settlement, and religion. The property was nominated for reflecting the settlement of rural Stearns County by Catholic immigrant groups clustered in small, ethnic hamlets dominated by a central church.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93201026