Saint Agnes Church
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Parish histories note that Frogtown's high water table meant building a higher-than-usual church basement and tall steps up to the church entrance. Founded as a mission of Assumption Church, Saint Agnes was once considered Minnesota's largest German Catholic church and school, and was a destination for many German visitors.
Photographer: Norton & Peel
Date: January 10, 1957
Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
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Saint Agnes Catholic Church
Frogtown’s largest church is Saint Agnes Catholic Church, 548-50 Lafond Avenue. The current church is the third church built on this site since 1887, when Archbishop John Ireland founded the parish to serve the growing Frogtown neighborhood.
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