400 West Capitol Drive / Dansk Evangelical Lutheran Kirke
In 1867, the Danish and German residents joined to create a Lutheran
congregation. Because their strong ethnic identities made it difficult for them
to worship together, they formed two distinct congregations, with both groups
holding separate services in the same building. In 1910, the two congregations
decided to split. The Danes bought the German congregation’s share of the existing building, removed it and built a new church, the Dansk
Evangelical Lutheran Kirke or the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Built of coursed concrete blocks with a rock face finished in the Gothic Revival
style, the church was dedicated on May 7, 1911. A concrete block and shingle
tower rising to a height of forty feet dominates the main facade. The panel
above the doorway reads “Dansk Ev. Luther. Kirke.”
In 1935, the name of the church was changed to Our Saviro’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. In 1971, Our Savior’s moved to a new facility one mile north of the Village. The church has been the
home of the Lake Country Congregational Church since 1975.
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