Lutheran Indian Mission
Appearance
Lutheran Indian Mission | |
Nearest city | Gresham, Wisconsin |
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Coordinates | 44°52′39″N 88°45′35″W / 44.87750°N 88.75972°W |
Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
Built | 1902 |
NRHP reference No. | 80000195[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 22, 1980 |
Lutheran Indian Mission (Immanuel Mohican Lutheran Church) is a historic church in Gresham, Wisconsin, United States. The Mission church and school was built in 1901 by the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod to serve Stockbridge Indians. The school operated until 1958 and the church continues today.[2]
Notable students
[edit]- Dorothy Davids (1923–2014) educator and Native American rights activist[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Keiser, Albert (1922). "Lutheran mission work among the American Indians". Augsburg Publishing House. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
- ^ "Dorothy Winona Davids "Aunt Dot"" (PDF). Mohican News. Vol. XXII, no. 20. Bowler, Wisconsin: Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohicans. October 15, 2014. pp. 1, 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
Categories:
- Churches in Shawano County, Wisconsin
- Lutheran churches in Wisconsin
- Native American history of Wisconsin
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
- Churches completed in 1902
- Schools in Wisconsin
- Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod churches
- National Register of Historic Places in Shawano County, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Registered Historic Place stubs
- Wisconsin church stubs