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Former Grace Lutheran Church site
Grace began with English-language Sunday school and worship at City Hall in 1915. Its Spring and Elk church later housed the newly united Redeemer congregation; a 1960 parsonage and connecting passage belong to that later chapter. Notes: The petition of fifty-three people, sixty early Sunday-school children and the 1921 counts describe different groups and dates. The 1916 construction price and later property valuation must remain distinct. The 1960 parsonage was built after the 1958 merger; avoid calling it evidence that Grace continued independently. The tour’s residential-use statements are its 2026 description, not a survey of surviving historic fabric. The April 1915 newspaper invitation is known here through the centennial transcription; the original newspaper issue was not inspected in this pass.
Former Zion Lutheran Church site
Zion’s Elk and Cedar site once held a German Lutheran church, a parsonage and a school. The former campus explains how worship, language and education were joined in Hooper before Zion and Grace formed Redeemer. Notes: The school’s curriculum, terms and pupils are not established by the brief statement that it was a German school. A $1,600–$1,800 estimate in the later account and a $2,000 reported construction cost in 1921 are different types of figures, not necessarily a contradiction. Ridgeley pastoral-service starting date differs: 1929 in the archive finding aid, 1930 in the centennial book. Underlying call records would be needed to reconcile it. Do not confuse St. John’s Ridgeley with the St. John’s congregation whose building moved to Hooper. The residential use is the tour’s 2026 description. The historic image is not a present-day street view.
Hooper Cardinals, Uehling Bobcats and Logan View Raiders: A School History
From Hooper’s first classrooms and Uehling’s Bobcats to today’s Logan View Raiders: school buildings, teachers, teams, music, agriculture and generations of students in photographs and original newspapers.
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Redeemer began as the 1958 union of Zion and Grace, nine years before dedication of the Fulton Street church. Its history connects the former German- and English-language Lutheran congregations with a new shared building. Notes: The 1958 congregational merger and the 1967 building dedication are different events. The $300,000 figure is the approximate total reported retrospectively in 1976, not an independently audited final cost. The photo’s date is unidentified; do not label it a 1967 historical photograph. The tour and 2026 book repeat much of the 1976 chronology and should not be counted as independent confirmations.
The Church That Moved: St. John’s Journey into Hooper
St. John’s moved a church in 1881 and brought a later building into Hooper in the mid-1950s. A surviving photograph captures the second journey.
The Storm That Destroyed St. Paul’s Before It Was Finished
In 1880, a storm ruined St. Paul’s nearly completed church. Its rebuilding, cemetery and surviving records tell a longer story of rural Hooper.
What Survived the Fire: St. John’s Ridgeley and Its Written History
The old St. John’s Ridgeley church burned in 1993. A surviving register preserves another part of this Scribner-area congregation’s story.
After the Water: Mud, Mail Routes and a Library Reopened
Follow Hooper’s recovery from basement pumping in June to the return of library service reported in September.
The Year Hooper Argued About a Hill
Fire gutted Hooper’s school during classes in January 1908. What followed was six months of public argument about where to rebuild, settled by a vote of 295 to 125.
Centennial History of Hooper, 1876–1976
Cited in Redeemer Lutheran Church
Gertrude Alperstedt, “Zion–Grace–Redeemer Lutheran Churches,” pp. 34–35 (1976).
Centennial History of Hooper, 1876–1976
Cited in Former Zion Lutheran Church site
Gertrude Alperstedt, “Zion–Grace–Redeemer Lutheran Churches,” pp. 34–35 (1976).
Centennial History of Hooper, 1876–1976
Cited in Former Grace Lutheran Church site
Gertrude Alperstedt, “Zion–Grace–Redeemer Lutheran Churches,” pp. 34–35 (1976).
History Nebraska, St. John’s Ridgeley Lutheran Church (Scribner, Neb.), RG4189.AM
Cited in Hooper’s Churches: The Congregations Behind the Names
Archive finding aid, historical note. Gives 1929–1941 for pastoral service supplied by Zion in Hooper; the centennial history instead starts the arrangement in 1930.
Hooper, NE: Self-Guided Tour — Celebrating 150 Years, July 4, 2026
Cited in Hooper’s Churches: The Congregations Behind the Names
Historical Committee booklet, digital pages 4 and 7–9, stops 4 and 14–19. Includes the Methodist parsonage date, St. Rose’s 1920 building label and the former Grace property’s 1960 parsonage and connecting passage. Digital page positions are used because the printed footer repeats.