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The St. Paul Pioneer-Press, August 1, 1875, p. 6
ABOUT CHURCHES.
Forty of Them in the West Division* - $505,150 Worth of Property Exempt from Taxation.
The state auditor, for some purpose best known to himself, required City Assessor Case to make a _______ list of churches of the west division, and give the value of the church edifices and grounds, the same to be reported with his census returns. And Mr. Case, like a dutiful assessor, has completed the task, without the hope of fee or reward. As the result of his labors, he finds that there are forty churches in the six wards of the west division of the city; and the total value of these various edifices and the grounds they occupy he ciphers down at $505,150, all of which is exempt from taxation. The following is a complete list, by wards:
| FIFTH WARD | EIGHTH WARD | |||
| Pilgrim Congregational | $ 2,250 | First Universalist | $ 70,000 | |
| Norwegian Lutheran | 800 | Centenary | 56,000 | |
| Norwegian Methodist | 700 | German M. E. | 15,000 | |
| Swedish Lutheran | 600 | All Saint's Chapel | 1,500 | |
| Jewett chapel (Baptist) | 1,500 | Hobart Chapel | 800 | |
| St. Joseph's (German Catholic) | 7,000 | |||
| German Evangelical | 1,500 | NINTH WARD | ||
| Chapel of Brotherhood (Episcopal) | 1,500 | Gethsemane | 15,000 | |
| Washington Ave M E Church | 7,000 | German Evangelical | 7,500 | |
| Dane and Norwegian | 6,000 | |||
| SIXTH WARD | Third Street Tabernacle | 500 | ||
| Advent church | 1,500 | Seventh Street M E | 10,000 | |
| Christ's (German M. E.) | 2,500 | Norwegian Lutheran | 7,000 | |
| Swedenborgian | 3,500 | |||
| SEVENTH WARD | Fifth Ave. Baptist | 6,000 | ||
| Western Avenue mission | 1,500 | Park Ave. Presbyterian | 20,000 | |
| Catholic church | 35,000 | |||
| First Baptist | 20,000 | TENTH WARD | ||
| St. Mark's | 62,000 | Eighteenth Ave. Methodist | 1,500 | |
| Free Will Baptist | 12,000 | Second Congregational | 12,000 | |
| Plymouth | 70,000 | Franklin Ave. Presbyterian | 3,000 | |
| Westminster | 15,000 | Swede Methodist | 4,000 | |
| Friends | 10,000 | Swede Lutheran | 8,000 | |
| Baptist Mission Chapel | 1,500 | |||
| Swede Baptist | 4,000 | |||
| TOTAL $ 505,150 | ||||
| * | The west division of Minneapolis comprised that part of the city that lay west of the Mississippi River; currently, North and South Minneapolis, and downtown Minneapolis. |
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