Halfway between Roberts and River Falls, Wisconsin, sits a white church built in 1868. The church was originally shared by a Methodist and a Congregationalist congregation for services on alternate Sundays. It was reported that the bell was given by a Mississippi steamboat captain and the Methodist design included pews with a divider down the middle keeping men and women on opposite sides.
When Methodist numbers declined, Congregationalists bought the building in 1895 and used it until 1951. A group of people formed the Kinnickinnic Historical Association to purchase the vacant church so that it wouldn’t be converted to a house. The church, which contains a historic pump organ, is currently used for social events in the community including fund raisers for the upkeep of the church. On October 6, 2000, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Kinnickinnic Church
