The parish of Christ Episcopal Church in

Red Wing, Minnesota Red Wing is a city in and the county seat of Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States, along the upper Mississippi River. The population was 16,547 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropo ...

, United States, was founded in 1858. A wooden building was erected that served the early parish well, but by 1868 it was felt that the growth of the parish made the building of a larger church a necessity. In the autumn of that year work began on the new building, constructed in

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following plans furnished by New York architect Henry C. Dudley. * D.C. Hill was contracted to do the basic carpentry work; George H. Davis provided the finished carpentry (seats, columns, tracery, wainscoting; all of butternut finished in oil). * G.A. Carlson carried out the stonework with magnesian limestone from his quarries. * The windows were furnished by a "Mr. Sharpe from New York." The cornerstone was laid June 24, 1869 and the new church was consecrated by Bishop

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on December 19, 1871. (Due to concerns about the foundations, the steeple was not added until 1897.)A History of Christ Church; parish production for the 150th anniversary, 2008; 9. The church is now a

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to the Red Wing Mall Historic District, which is listed on the

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Christ Episcopal Church (Red Wing, MN)
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