The Vang Evangelical Lutheran Church is a historic church located in
Wells County, North Dakota
Wells County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,982. Its county seat is Fessenden.
History
The Dakota Territory legislature created the county on January 4, 1873. Its government was ...
.
Vang Evangelical Lutheran Church was built in 1906 by immigrants from
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
. It is situated at West LeGrand St. in the small unorganized village of
Manfred, North Dakota and is affiliated with the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. During 2011, the church became a listed building on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
(NRHP).
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References
External links
75th anniversary : Vang American Lutheran Church (1970)
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Digital Horizons website
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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota
Carpenter Gothic church buildings in North Dakota
Norwegian-American culture in North Dakota
Churches completed in 1906
National Register of Historic Places in Wells County, North Dakota
1906 establishments in North Dakota
Lutheran churches in North Dakota
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