Church of the Holy Comforter (Brownsville, Minnesota) explained

Church of the Holy Comforter-Episcopal
Location:	Main Street, Brownsville, Minnesota
Coordinates:	43.6944°N -91.2769°W
Built:	1869
Added:	June 2, 1970
Refnum:	70000298

The Church of the Holy Comforter, built in 1872, is a historic Carpenter Gothic church located on Main Street, in Brownsville, Minnesota, on the west bank of the Mississippi River in the United States. It began as an Episcopal church, but later became a Methodist Episcopal church. In the 1940s, it became Emmanuel Lutheran Church. It had been vacant since 1963.^[1] On June 2, 1970, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Current use

The church is not in use but is open by appointment only.^[2]

See also

• List of Registered Historic Places in Minnesota

External links

• • History of Brownsville photo

Notes and References

1. Smith, Thomas J. "The Little Brown Church in the Vale." WELS Historical Institute Journal 9 (1991) Nos. 1-2:13-22. [History of Emanuel Lutheran Church, Brownsville, MN, 1940s-1963, as listed in {http://luthhist.org/bibliography/1991.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612235214/http://www.luthhist.org/bibliography/1991.html |date=2007-06-12 }}]
2. Web site: Photo Gallery . 2007-11-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070624083032/http://brownsvillemn.org/photopage.htm#history . 2007-06-24 . dead .