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district of San Francisco, but what is located on the outskirts of what today is best known as the Castro District. Next to it, on September 17, 1905, the cornerstone was laid for the Danish St. Ansgar Church at 152 Church Street, between Market Street and Duboce Avenue. During the April 18, 1906,
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San Francisco earthquake and its aftermath, the parsonage served as a feeding station and hospital. In 1964, St. Ansgar merged with First Finnish Lutheran Church. The name for the united church, St. Francis Lutheran Church, was derived from San Francisco.
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neighborhood of San Francisco. The brick and wood frame of the St. Francis Lutheran Church building survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and then was used for several months as an infirmary. Following the 1906 earthquake, the same year,
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66 years before the erection of St. Francis Lutheran Church, the very first Protestant church on the Pacific Coast was erected by
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In 1899, First Finnish Lutheran Church was founded on 50 Belcher Street, in what then was considered part of the
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is the largest religious group. The church was built in the heart of what was then the
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was built in 1905 and is located at 152 Church Street, between
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St. Francis Lutheran Church was built by immigrants from the
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Location of St. Francis Lutheran in San Francisco County
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by San Francisco Conference of Lutheran Churches, ELCA.
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37°46′07″N 122°25′46″W / 37.76861°N 122.42934°W / 37.76861; -122.42934
San Francisco Designated Landmark
St. Francis Lutheran Church is located in San Francisco County
St. Francis Lutheran Church is located in California
St. Francis Lutheran Church is located in the United States
Market Street
San Francisco
California
1906 San Francisco earthquake
McKinley Elementary School
Finns
Berkeley
Finnish
Nordic countries
Lutheranism
Nordic
Market
Finns
Berkeley
Finns
Swedes
Russian-American Company
Sitka
Alaska
List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks
"City of San Francisco Designated Landmarks"
St. Francis Lutheran Church by San Francisco Conference of Lutheran Churches, ELCA.
"San Francisco Landmark #39: Saint Francis Lutheran Church"
"St. Francis Lutheran Church by San Francisco Conference of Lutheran Churches, ELCA"

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