| Clearwater Evangelical Lutheran Church | |
| Coordinates: | 47.9281°N -95.7742°W |
| Nearest City: | Oklee, Minnesota |
| Built: | 1912 |
| Builder: | Aslak and Oscar Nesland[1] |
| Architecture: | Gothic Revival[2] |
| Added: | November 18, 1999 |
| Refnum: | 99001386 |
Clearwater Evangelical Lutheran Church is a rural former place of worship near the Clearwater River in Equality Township, Red Lake County, Minnesota. It served a congregation of Norwegian Americans which organized in 1898 under the name Clearwater Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.[3] Before building the church, they met in homes and log schoolhouses.[4]
The cornerstone of the church was dedicated in 1911 and the building was completed 1912 but not wired for electricity until 1949.[3] Norwegian was taught in the church school until 1940 and into the 1950s some worship services were entirely in Norwegian.[3] The church closed in 1988 due to declining membership. Together with the adjacent cemetery, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.