Our Savior's Lutheran Church

Our Savior's Lutheran Church (or Vor Frelsers norsk evangelisk lutherske menighet), a Norwegian Synod congregation, was organized on January 18, 1858. Its original building (pictured above) was constructed in 1859 at May and Erie Streets. Dedication was held March 27, 1859. On October 5, 1873 a second structure (pictured below) at that location was dedicated.

In 1888 a faction left Our Savior's to join Bethlehem Lutheran.

In 1925 Our Savior's merged with St. Paul English Lutheran and Bethlehem Lutheran to form United Lutheran. In 1928 United moved to Oak Park, Ill.

Pastors
G.F. Dietrichson       1858-1859
A.C. Preus                 1859-1863
Jens I. Krohn            1863-1876
Ole Juul                     1876-1893
I.B. Torrison              1889-1890
D. Kvaase                 1891-1893
C.K. Preus                1893-1895
A.O. Johnson           1895-1910
N.M. Ylvisaker          1911-1917
H.P. Ausan               1917-1925

Congregational records
The ELCA Archives has microfilm of Our Savior's membership records from 1858-1911 on film #6, and 1858-1927 on film #898. Our Savior's original record books should be located at United Lutheran Church, 409 Greenfield St., Oak Park, IL 60302-1143.

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Sources
Norlie, O.M., ed. Norsk Lutherske Menigheter i Amerika, 1843-1916. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1918.

Miscellaneous pages from a 1958 history of United Lutheran Church, Oak Park, title unknown.