Stop 29: First Lutheran Church – 619 Broadway
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This church is early English Gothic Revival style and was built in 1919 by the firm of Magney and Tussler of Minneapolis. The building has a fine pipe organ, installed in 1927, and cathedral chimes.
The congregation of this church dates back to 1871. The early congregation members were predominately Norwegian immigrants who moved from Goodhue and Rice Counties, Minnesota, to the Red River Valley in the early days of Fargo.
The laying of the cornerstone was done by Reverend I. D. Ylvisaker, president of the Norwegian Church of America.