Driving around southern Siouxland I came upon a small memorial chapel in Harrison County. Sitting on a hill top overlooking its parishioners possibly, the chapel surveys the surrounding countryside. Unlike the Danish Ingemann Lutheran Church near Soldier that has suffered vandalism in recent years and is now fenced off, the Harris Grove Memorial Chapel has flourished and is open to visitors.
The Harris Grove Memorial Chapel in rural Harrison County, Iowa Friday, June 16, 2017. (photo by Jerry L Mennenga©)
According to local media the church was first built in 1890, as a Methodist Church. It closed as a church in the 1930’s and a group of community residents purchased it from the Methodist Conference and restored it. Another media outlet reported that in 2015 the chapel was undergoing repair to its clock tower for preparation for a 125th anniversary in 2015.
The Harris Grove Chapel and others like it are a nice place for a visitor to see local history and find a place quiet and away from the daily outside noise to just sit quietly and contemplate the good fortunes in one’s life and to ask for help in overcoming those misfortunes that appear as well.
Jerry Mennenga
Sioux City, Iowa
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- Inside the Harris Grove Memorial Chapel in rural Harrison County, Iowa Friday, June 16, 2017. (photo by Jerry L Mennenga©)
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- The Harris Grove Memorial Chapel cemetery atop a hill overlooking rural Harrison County, Iowa Friday, June 16, 2017. (photo by Jerry L Mennenga©)
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- The Harris Grove Memorial Chapel cemetery in rural Harrison County, Iowa Friday, June 16, 2017. (photo by Jerry L Mennenga©)
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- The Harris Grove Memorial Chapel sits atop a hill in rural Harrison County, Iowa Friday, June 16, 2017. (photo by Jerry L Mennenga©)
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