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Colonial Church of Edina

Colonial Church of Edina was conceived in the Pilgrim and Puritan tradition of early New England churches, but its form is traditional only in that the white-trimmed gray clapboard and spire convey a sense of historic continuity. The architecture is closer to the modern simplicity of Mies van der Rohe than the baroque intricacy of Sir Christopher Wren. When Time Magazine described the Colonial Church in this April 18, 1982 article, the concept of designing a new building with an historical vocabulary was relatively fresh. Today, the use of historicism is well accepted and the Colonial Church of Edina stands as an exemplary illustration of this design approach.