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Church of St. Joseph–Catholic
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Church of St. Joseph viewed from the northwest
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Location	12 W. Minnesota Street, St. Joseph, Minnesota
Coordinates	45°33′50″N 94°19′6″W / 45.56389°N 94.31833°W / 45.56389; -94.31833
Built	1869
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
MPS	Ethnic Hamlet Churches–Stearns County Catholic Settlement Churches TR
NRHP reference No.	82003057
Added to NRHP	April 15, 1982

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.

History

The first Mass in the community was celebrated by Francis Xavier Pierz on October 22, 1854, when the town was still named Clinton. The first church building was completed a year later, and a small log school building was attached in 1860. The parish decided to build a more spacious building, measuring 66 by 150 feet (20 by 46 m), with the lower half consisting of native fieldstones and the upper half of granite brick from a nearby quarry. Construction began in 1869, and on June 29, 1871, Bishop Thomas Grace consecrated the building. This was the first consecrated church in Minnesota made of permanent materials. The rectory was built in 1874 using similar fieldstone construction. Ten years later the church tower was completed. Four years after that, in 1888, the church and rectory were connected by a stylistically consistent passageway.

See also

• List of Catholic churches in the United States
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Stearns County, Minnesota

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ Harvey, Thomas (October 1980). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Ethnic Hamlet Churches: Stearns County Catholic Settlement". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-06-11. With accompanying photo from 1980
3. "Stearns County Ethnic Hamlet Catholic Churches: Church of Saint Joseph". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
4. "Church of Saint Joseph: Parish History". Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
5. "Structure Inventory: Church of St. Joseph & Rectory" (Document). National Park Service. October 1980.

External links

• Media related to Church of St. Joseph (St. Joseph, Minnesota) at Wikimedia Commons
• Church of Saint Joseph

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Bishops	Ordinaries Rupert Seidenbusch John Joseph Frederick Otto Zardetti Martin Marty James Trobec Joseph Francis Busch Peter William Bartholome George Henry Speltz Jerome Hanus John Francis Kinney Donald Joseph Kettler Patrick Neary Auxiliary James Steven Rausch
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Mary, St. Cloud Parishes Church of the Immaculate Conception, St. Anna Church of St. Joseph, Browerville Church of the Sacred Heart, Freeport Saints Peter and Paul Church, Gilman Church of St. Mary, Melrose St. Joseph's Church, Pierz Church of St. Mary Help of Christians, St. Augusta Church of St. Joseph, St. Joseph Church of St. Stephen, St. Stephen Abbey St. John's Abbey, Collegeville Chapel Assumption Chapel
Education	Higher education College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University High schools Cathedral High School, St. Cloud Saint John's Preparatory School, Collegeville
Priests	Harold Joseph Dimmerling
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