Grace Episcopal Church
a.k.a. Stone Church Museum;32BE32
210 C Ave. S., Minnewaukan, NDGrace Episcopal Church in Minnewaukan relates the Episcopal Churches of North Dakota, 1872-1920s, a multiple property submission to the National Register of Historic Places. Built in the Late Gothic Reyival style, the church is nominated under Criterion for its statewide significance in Architecture because it is a fine example of an Ecclesiologically correct, Gothic Revival church and is typical of Episcopal church construction at the turn of the century. The church possesses a high degree of integrity in its nearly unaltered state and good condition. "Examples of this distinctive building type are unsurpassed in terms of unity and comprise a significant architectural body of work," according to Barbara Beving Long, author of the Episcopal Churches of North Dakota multiple property submission.
The Church meets the registration requirements described in the multiple property submission with its Late Gothic Revival style detailing, steeply pitched roof, asymmetrical plan, bell tower entrance, liturgically oriented chancel, lancet windows, and honest use of materials. In the multiple property submission, the church is listed as one of those which are Ecclesiologically correct in design and falls into the Late Gothic Revival designs in stone. The period of significance for the property is 1903-1905, the property's date of construction.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.