First Lutheran Church
619 Broadway North
Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota 58102

Certificate of Recognition

First Lutheran Church Fargo, North Dakota

October 4, 1872-First Norwegian Lutheran Church organized.
1874-First Church built.
May 26, 1895-Cornerstone of second church laid.
Aug. 3, 1903-St. Paul's Lutheran Congregation organized.
Sept. 17, 1917-The two congregations united to form The First Lutheran Church.
June 8, 1919-Cornerstone laid of present church structure.
Dec. 25, 1919-First Services held in new church.
April 22, 1928-Church Dedicated.
1931-Parsonage purchased.
1949-Congregational decision to build Parish Education Building.
1952-Ground broken for Parish Education Building on May 4. Construction began in May.
1952-Second Parsonage secured. Cornerstone laid for new building.
October 1952-80th Anniversary Celebration. 

Info from - back of the First Lutheran Church plate.

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The First Lutheran Church was formed on September 17, 1917, through the merger of the First Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church and St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Land was purchased for a new church on the corner of Broadway and Seventh Avenue North. The first service in the new church was held in the basement on Christmas Day, 1919, with the first service in the sanctuary one year later.

Information - NDSU Library