Our Savior’s Kvindherred Lutheran Church (Calamus, Iowa)

Kvindherred Lutheran Church, School and Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in 2014

Location	2589 190th Ave. Calamus, Iowa
Coordinates	41°48′26″N 90°43′26″W / 41.80722°N 90.72389°W / 41.80722; -90.72389Coordinates: 41°48′26″N 90°43′26″W / 41.80722°N 90.72389°W / 41.80722; -90.72389
Governing body	Private
NRHP Reference #	00000922^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 15, 2000

Our Savior’s Kvindherred Lutheran Church is an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America congregation located near the town of Calamus in rural Clinton County, Iowa, United States. The congregation was established in 1861 by Norwegian immigrants who settled the area from Hardanger Fjord.^[2] It merged with Faith Lutheran in the town of Calamus to form the Calamus Lutheran Parish. The church and school buildings as well as the church cemetery were listed as an historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.^[1]

References

Church façade. By 1877, the Kvindherred Lutheran Church was erected.
Kvindherred Church school at rural Calamus was built in 1865. It was used until the larger church was built in 1877.
Cemetery

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National Register of Historic Places in Clinton County, Iowa

Calamus	George Johnson House Our Savior’s Kvindherred Lutheran Church

Camanche	Horace Anthony House

Clinton	Ankeny Building Castle Terrace Historic District Cherry Bank Clinton County Courthouse Clinton High School and Public Library Clinton Public Library George M. Curtis House Peter Dierks House First National Bank Howes Building Lafayette Lamb House Moeszinger-Marquis Hardware Co. Saint Boniface Church Saint Irenaeus Church Van Allen Building Wilson Buildings

Delmar	Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Depot – Delmar Delmar Calaboose Wilson District No. 7 School

DeWitt	Ames Creek Bridge

Grand Mound	Dugan's Saloon Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank Grand Mound Town Hall and Waterworks Historic District Helvig-Olson Farm Historic District

Lost Nation	Sharon Methodist Episcopal Church

Wheatland	City Hotel

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Clinton County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa