United Church has been registered on Waymarking as a Historical Church apparently by a man named Bruce who was passing through Two Harbors this past summer, based on the photos he took. It's worth heading over and taking a look.
He has a nice, concise history of the church there as well.
Here is a panoramic picture of Two Harbors in 1917. Click on the photo above to enlarge it so you can see more detail.
The third and present building was finished in 1906 and was built from red sandstone from quarries across Lake Superior to Two Harbors, Minnesota from Port Wing, Wisconsin. The approximate cost of the building was $15,000.
In 1969 the local congregations of the First Presbyterian Church and the United Methodist Church merged to form the United Church of Two Harbors and have continued to worship in this building until this day.
This second building for the First Presbyterian Church of Two Harbors, Minnesota was built in 1898, remodeled in 1900, and torn down when the new stone building was made in 1906.
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This was the first church building in Two Harbors, Minnesota and was built in 1888. This structure stood until 1898 when it was replaced by a new building. It was 24 feet by 45 feet and was built at the cost of $1200.
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On this day in 1943 four Army chaplains - Rev. George L. Fox (Methodist), Rabbi Alexander D. Goode (Jewish), Fr. John P. Washington (Roman Catholic), and Rev. Clark V. Poling (Dutch Reformed) - gave their lives to save the crew of the USAT Dorchester which had been torpedoed by a German U-Boat.
"As I swam away from the ship , I looked back. The flares had lighted everything. The bow came up high and she slid under. The last thing I saw, the Four Chaplins were up there praying for the safety of the men. They had done everything they could. I did not see them again. They themselves did not have a chance without their life jackets."
- Engineer Grady Clark
"My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."
- John 15:12-13