Under $100K Sunday – Former Church For Sale in Bingham Lake, MN Under $80K – Pending

This former church sits on a corner lot in the small town of Bingham Lake, Minnesota (pop. 126). The town takes its name from the nearby Bingham Lake, a 270-acre body of water known for its good fishing.

Before the conversion, this building was the Bingham Lake First Methodist Episcopal Church. A 1940s photo is below, when the high school sat next door (no longer there), so we know that the realtor’s 1940 build date is incorrect. Per a c.1916 account by genealogytrails.com, the church was organized in 1900 by Reverend G.H. Way. The first church structure was a brick and frame building that cost $1,500. Later, a frame addition was built at a cost of $700.

The First Methodist Episcopal Church of Bingham Lake was organized in 1900 by Rev. G. H. Way, a presiding elder, and the first pastor, Rev. H. H. Wallace. The charter members were J. W. Cogley and wife; G. J. Johnson, Bertha Johnson, N. J. Langley, Susann Cogley, Jessie L. McGladray. The first church building – a brick and frame – cost at first fifteen hundred dollars, and later a frame addition cost seven hundred dollars. In 1916, membership was 63 congregants.

• 1bed
• 1bath
• 1,733sqft
• 0.46acre lot
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• Realtor:Lynnette Embree-ortmann with Five Star Realty Pros LLC

Spacious 1 bedroom, 1 bath, 1 story home! No garage, but space to add one! Are you tired of those cookie cutter houses? The owners have sculpted an amazing home, from church to a spacious Open Concept home with imagination and a lot of hard work! Don’t miss this one! Welcoming entry outside and in! Stained glass window that really lights up on inside! The steps to get inside the home are bejeweled with fun tiles! The bath is unique in the fact it has a step-down space just for the bathtub, made for relaxing! The entry, bedroom, living room, kitchen and dining room floors have been painstakingly refinished! What a bedroom! Wood floors, 4 stained glass windows and a wall of doors closed for a large, relaxing bedroom! The great room is massive and has a 2- story vaulted ceiling! Enough space for a gaming space, craft area, watching TV and entertaining your guests and a dance party! Not just a couple of these, but all of them! Two steps up is a complete kitchen with a breakfast bar!