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Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location:	Walnut and Church Streets, Belle Plaine, Minnesota
Coordinates:	44°37′28″N 93°45′47″W / 44.62444, -93.76306Coordinates: 44°37′28″N 93°45′47″W / 44.62444, -93.76306
Built/Founded:	1869
Architect:	Unknown
Architectural style(s):	Stick/Eastlake (Carpenter Gothic style)
Added to NRHP:	April 17, 1980
NRHP Reference#:	80002159^[1]
MPS:	Scott County MRA
Governing body:	Local

The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, an Episcopal church building in Belle Plaine, Minnesota is a Carpenter Gothic style building with wooden buttresses. Sometimes referred to as a "prairie Gothic" church, it was built in 1868 for English-speaking parishoners, but most of the rural residents at the time were German and Irish immigrants who brought their own languages and religious practices with them. The result was a church building that struggled to attract worshipers for 80 years before it was abandoned.^[2] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[3]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
^ "Historic Sites - Episcopal Church". Scott County Historical Society. Retrieved on 2008-05-14.
^ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.

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