Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church

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Structure in general

Usage

Facts

• It is a mishmash of styles, having been constructed in two phases, decades apart. The building was originally modeled after a Greek Temple, and served as the First Universalist Church.
• The building was enlarged by French Canadian catholics around 1880, in a French Gothic style.
• It stands near the site where, in 1680, Father Louis Hennepin, a Belgian priest, became the first European to gaze on the Mississippi River's St. Anthony Falls.
• The church has been a noted National Historic Landmark since 1934.
• Our Lady of Lourdes is the oldest continuously-operating church in Minneapolis.