•Union Congregational is the oldest church in St. Louis Park, having been formally organized in March 1883, with 17 charter members. • Actually, the church's history began even longer ago when Sunday services were held at the Pratt School around 1870. • In 1878, the Clarke Chapel, an outreach of Minneapolis' Plymouth Congregational Church, was built and was the first church in Minneapolis Township. • In 1883, the congregation adopted the name Union Congregational Church of Minneapolis. • A decade later, Joseph Hamilton donated land at the corner of Oxford and Alabama, across from Lincoln School, and at his urging, the Clarke Chapel, then known as Union Church, was moved to the new site. • The current church building broke ground in May 1941, and the congregation dedicated the new church on September 14, 1941. A new wing was dedicated on February 24, 1952. • The church joined the United Church of Christ in the mid 20th century.
| 
