Old Muskegon Church - St. Paul
Old Muskegon Church
FIRST CONSTRUCTED IN 1844 IN the wilderness of Wind Lake, Wisconsin, the Old Muskego Church was once of the first in the area, built by Norwegian settlers. The wooden church stands now in a new home on Luther Campus (it’s kind of tucked between buildings). At the time of its building, the Muskego church was the first and only Norwegian Luthern church in the young nation serving a congregation of almost 300 worshippers. After being built by the original Muskego settlers, the church was in service for 25 years before it was out grown. In 1904, the deteriorating building was purchased by the United Norwegian Lutheran Church in America who carefully took apart the entire building and shipped it to St. Paul where it was expertly reconstructed on the campus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Today the site is a protected historic site. Its hundreds of years of service have ensured that the legacy of America’s Norwegian settlers will not be forgotten. The door was locked but I included some pictures from the windows. Unfortunately, the building has continued to deteriorate and sections have seen better days.
