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Church of St. Francis Xavier
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	508 13th Street North, Benson, Minnesota
Coordinates	45°19′6″N 95°35′52″W / 45.31833°N 95.59778°W / 45.31833; -95.59778
Area	Less than one acre
Built	1917
Built by	Wilber Fallis and John Engstrom
Architect	Emmanuel Louis Masqueray
Architectural style	Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.	85001753
Designated	August 15, 1985

The Church of St. Francis Xavier (St. Francis for short) is a Roman Catholic church in Benson, Minnesota, United States. The parish was founded in 1881 and its current building was designed by architect Emmanuel Louis Masqueray and constructed in 1917. St. Francis's building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 for having local significance in the themes of architecture and European ethnic heritage. It was nominated for being one of west-central Minnesota's most architecturally sophisticated churches, for its Renaissance Revival design by Masqueray, and for its association with a parish of Swift County's late-19th-century Catholic settlers.

The parish is now part of St. Isidore the Farmer Area Faith Community, which also includes St. John in Appleton, St. Malachy in Clontarf, St. Bridget in De Graff, Sacred Heart in Murdock, and Visitation Oratory in Danvers.

See also

• List of Catholic churches in the United States
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Swift County, Minnesota

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ Granger, Susan (March 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Church of St. Francis Xavier". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
3. "Church of St. Francis Xavier (Catholic)". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
4. "Locations". St. Isidore the Farmer Area Faith Community. 2018. Retrieved 2018-02-22.

External links

• St. Isidore the Farmer Area Faith Community

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Bishops	Alphonse James Schladweiler Raymond Alphonse Lucker John Clayton Nienstedt John M. LeVoir Chad Zielinski
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