Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration (Belle Plaine, Minnesota)

Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Walnut and Church Streets, Belle Plaine, Minnesota
Coordinates	44°37′28″N 93°45′47″W / 44.62444°N 93.76306°WCoordinates: 44°37′28″N 93°45′47″W / 44.62444°N 93.76306°W
Built	1869
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Stick/Eastlake (Carpenter Gothic style)
MPS	Scott County MRA
NRHP Reference #	80002159[1]
Added to NRHP	April 17, 1980

The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, an Episcopal church building in Belle Plaine, Minnesota is a Carpenter Gothic style building with wooden buttresses. Sometimes referred to as a "prairie Gothic" church, it was built in 1868 for English-speaking parishioners, but most of the rural residents at the time were German and Irish immigrants who brought their own languages and religious practices with them. The result was a church building that struggled to attract worshipers for 80 years before it was abandoned.^[2] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[3]

References

1. Staff (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "Historic Sites - Episcopal Church". Scott County Historical Society. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
3. Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.