Bethel Lutheran Church, Vilas, Kans., ca. 1950s.
Bethel's 1923 building was destroyed by tornado in 1950s. AP Photo.
Bethel Lutheran Church, Vilas (later Chanute), Kans., ca. 1923.
Founded in 1872 as a member of the Augustana Synod, Bethel constructed its first building in 1891.The second building, pictured above, was dedicated in 1923.
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Savior's Norwegian Lutheran Church, Hillsboro, N.D., ca. 1919.
Organized in 1917 by the merger of
Immanuel (1892, Norwegian Synod) and Hillsboro Norwegian (1883,
Norwegian-Danish Conference), this Norwegian Lutheran Church of American
congregation continued to use Immanuel’s building, which had been
constructed in 1893.
On Sunday, January 13, 1924, the
congregation’s 1893 building was consumed by fire. Sunday School was in
session when the fire was discovered, but no one was injured. A
replacement building was built between 1924 and 1929.
Parsonage of St. John's Danish Lutheran Church, east of Marquette, Neb., 1899.
On May 27, 1899, St. John’s parsonage was struck by a tornado, as were the church, cemetery, school house and other nearby buildings. Nineteen people were in the cellar of the parsonage when it was destroyed. All survived.
St. John's Danish Lutheran Church, Kronborg, east of Marquette, Neb., ca.
1900.
The congregation was established in 1880 and as a member of the Danish
Evangelical Lutheran Church. The congregation's first building, built from
1889-90, was destroyed by a tornado in 1899. Their second building,
pictured above, was constructed in 1900.
