You’re standing where it stood · Southwest corner of Elm and 2nd Streets

Trinity Lutheran Church

A brick church stood on this corner from 1890 to 1987. The 1904 cyclone took its steeple.

TodayUS Post OfficeElm and 2nd Streets

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Through the years

1890Trinity Lutheran Church is built on the southwest corner of Elm and 2nd
Early 1900sTrinity Lutheran Church and School, seen from the St. Joseph School cupola
1904The cyclone of 20 August destroys the steeple
1987The church is demolished
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The story

Trinity Lutheran Church was built here in 1890. Early photographs from the St. Joseph School cupola show the church and its school together on the corner of Elm and 2nd.

The cyclone of 20 August 1904 did the church great damage and destroyed its steeple. The church stood until 1987, when it was demolished. The US Post Office and its parking lot now take up the corner.

**August 1904.** South Elm Street on the left and 2nd Street. The cyclone took the steeple. Courtesy of the Carver County Historical Society.

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Sources

Photographs from the Waconia Heritage Association collection, some courtesy of the Carver County Historical Society.

Trinity Lutheran Church

Through the years

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