Central Hillside

Churches & worship in Central Hillside, Duluth, Minnesota

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Central Hillside is served by 6 congregations, including Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Roman Catholic and Episcopal traditions. Where a congregation has its own record in the guide, its name links through to it.

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Northeastern Minnesota Synod

The neighborhood's own Lutheran congregation, at 219 North 6th Avenue East on the eastern edge of Central Hillside. The most clearly confirmed active congregation inside these boundaries.

First Lutheran Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Northeastern Minnesota Synod

The large Lutheran congregation at 1100 East Superior Street, at the foot of the East Hillside about half a mile east.

Sacred Heart (former cathedral, now a music venue)
Roman Catholic (Diocese of Duluth), no longer a parish

Carried for the record rather than as a place to attend. It is the single most recognizable building in Central Hillside and one of the best rooms for acoustic music in the region.

Duluth's former Roman Catholic cathedral, a century-old stone church at 201 West 4th Street, with its original pipe organ still in place.

St. Peter's Church (closed)
Roman Catholic (Diocese of Duluth), closed 2010 · 1926

A landmark rather than a place to attend, at 818 West 3rd Street on Observation Hill just west of Mesaba Avenue.

Built 1926 with volunteer labor from local stonemasons, for the community then living on Observation Hill.

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
Roman Catholic (Diocese of Duluth) · 1923

The diocesan seat at 2801 East 4th Street, about eight minutes east. Locally it is usually called Holy Rosary Cathedral; the Diocese of Duluth's own name for it is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary.

Italianate stone cathedral completed 1957, replacing Sacred Heart downtown.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Episcopal (Diocese of Minnesota) · 1866

The nearest Episcopal congregation, at 1710 East Superior Street about seven minutes east.

Gothic Revival, built 1912 to 1914 to a design by Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson of New York.

Service times change, confirm with each congregation.

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