The Union City Mission organized by the churches of all denominations in 1895 and incorporated as an interdenominational institution. Its affairs are managed by a board of 15 business men. In 1916 it occupied its present quarters — Hennepin Av. and 2nd St. —where it maintains the new, fire-proof, 12-story St. James Hotel, lodging house and a mission hall.
Religious services are held nightly. An employment bureau, reading room, free baths for homeless men are maintained. Its aim is to furnish aid in a practical way, helping only those who need temporary relief in food, lodgings or clothing, avoiding any tendency to pauperize, but with friendly kindness to open the way for its religious work. T. E. Hughes is president and C. M. Stocking, superintendent.
Hudson’s dictionary of Minneapolis and Vicinity- 1918
