Fairbanks Lutheran Church (Fairbanks, Alaska)

On June 7, 1944 Rev. James O. Pederson and Rev. Selmer T. Nelson arrived in Fairbanks to make a survey and to establish a congregation for the Evangelical Lutheran Church. This survey proved to be very promising. The congregation was organized August 18, 1944. Services were started, Sunday School was held, the Ladies’ Aid was organized, property was purchased (at 521-4th ave.), a church was erected, and a pastor was called. The decision to relocate was made in the fall of 1957 and the present property was purchased. In 1959 a parsonage on the new property was constructed, and the church was erected in 1960 and 1961. The office wing was built in 1971. Historical information from New Partners Old Roots by Emerson, Nesvig, Nordquist, and Swanson. 1986. Published by the ALC, LCA, and ELC.