Glen Avon Presbyterian Church
2105 Woodland Avenue, Duluth, MN 55803
About Glen Avon Presbyterian Church
Glen Avon Presbyterian Church stands at 2105 Woodland Avenue, on the corridor that climbs from Congdon Park toward Hunter's Park and the university campuses. It is one of the landmark stone churches of Duluth's east side and a fixture of the neighborhood's institutional life alongside the elementary school and the community club.
Churches of this scale in east Duluth belong to the same boom that produced the Congdon Park street plan, Glensheen, and the boulevard system, when iron, grain, and shipping money was building eastward along the lakeshore and hiring accordingly. The stone construction and the prominent corner siting are characteristic of that period.
Its position on Woodland Avenue makes it roughly equidistant from Congdon Park, Hunter's Park, and Woodland, and it draws from all three.
Two details are now settled. The address is confirmed against the Presbyterian Church (USA) congregation directory, and the congregation's own site is glenavonchurch.org (both accessed 2026-08-13). The building houses an Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ, Opus 1378, which is documented in the Pipe Organ Database and is the kind of instrument that draws recitals rather than just Sunday accompaniment.
Searches of National Register sources on 2026-08-13 turned up no listing for this building, so it is recorded as not listed rather than unknown.
Neighborhoods it serves
Old money, old elms, and a creek out the back door.
Hunter's ParkTurrets, curving streets, and Hartley Park at the end of the block.
WoodlandThe streetcar suburb that grew into Duluth's university neighborhood.
East End / EndionDuluth's boom-era hillside, where the mansions and the streetcar city meet.
Where these facts come from
- Presbyterian Church (USA) congregation directory, Glen Avon Church, Duluth MN accessed 2026-08-13
Last reviewed 2026-08-13 by Guide editorial.