Shishmaref Lutheran Church (Shishmaref, Alaska)

This congregation was established as a mission to the Eskimos in 1924 when services were held in the government schoolhouse. In 1928 the Lutheran Daughters of the Reformation (NLCA) provided funds to begin a mission. The original name of the congregation was the Anna M. Huseth Memorial Mission. First services were held in August of 1930 by Rev. E. H. Dahle, under whose direction the original building was completed. This building and the parsonage were destroyed by fire in 1984. A new building and parsonage were built in the summer of 1985. This was funded and built by thousands of dollars contributed by the congregations in the district, and construction was done by volunteer laborers who came from many congregations in the Northwest. The new building seats approximately 400, which nearly totals the population of the village.

From the guide to the Shishmaref Lutheran Church, Shishmaref, Alaska, Records, 1945-2012, (Pacific Lutheran University)