Church of the Holy Comforter (Brownsville, Minnesota)

The Church of the Holy Comforter, built in 1872, is a historic Carpenter Gothic church located on Main Street, in Brownsville, Minnesota, on the west bank of the Mississippi River in the United States. It began as an Episcopal church, but later became a Methodist Episcopal church. In the 1940s, it became Emmanuel Lutheran Church. It had been vacant since 1963.Smith, Thomas J. "The Little Brown Church in the Vale." WELS Historical Institute Journal 9 (1991) Nos. 1-2:13-22. [History of Emanuel Lutheran Church, Brownsville, MN, 1940s-1963, as listed in {http://luthhist.org/bibliography/1991.html ] On June 2, 1970, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Current use The church is not in use but is open by appointment only.

See also

List of Registered Historic Places in Minnesota

References

External links

History of Brownsville photo