[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for its state-level significance in the themes of architecture, exploration/settlement, and religion.

[3] It was nominated for reflecting the settlement of rural Stearns County by Catholic immigrant groups clustered in small, ethnic hamlets dominated by a central church.

[2] St. Anna was established on the shore of Pelican Lake by Catholic immigrants from Poland.

A new building, of yellow brick, was constructed in the winter of 1902 and dedicated in October 1903.

[4] Immaculate Conception is part of a cluster of three parishes known as the Two Rivers Catholic Community.