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Written by Phil Wala 1876 (December 12) One week after a Brooklyn theater fire took 300 lives, Minneapolis nearly suffers a similar catastrophe as fire sweeps through the Jefferson School on 10th and Hennepin during … Read More

Written by Phil Wala 1868 (December 6) Centenary Methodist Church, the church that would give birth to Hennepin, dedicates its new stone building on the south corner of 7th Street and Marquette (then Minnetonka). Local … Read More

Written by Phil Wala Answers to Last Week’s Questions: 1. The memorial article about church founding member H. G. Harrison fails to mention a significant role he once played in the early days of the … Read More

Written by Phil Wala 1895 (November 17) As Hennepin Church celebrates its sesquicentennial (150th anniversary), we look back to 1895 when the church was only 20 years old. On November 17, 1895, the church published a … Read More

Written by Margaret Osborne You never know what you are going to find when you start digging in the church records. Barry Schaub was looking for materials in the blueprints “closet” and found a church … Read More