- North Woodward Congregational Church
-
North Woodward Congregational Church
Church facade from Woodward side.Location: Detroit, Michigan Coordinates: 42°22′46.95″N 83°4′48.83″W / 42.3797083°N 83.0802306°WCoordinates: 42°22′46.95″N 83°4′48.83″W / 42.3797083°N 83.0802306°W Built: 1911 Architect: Hugh B. Clement Architectural style: Late Gothic Revival, Other Governing body: Private MPS: Religious Structures of Woodward Ave. TR NRHP Reference#: 82002905[1] Significant dates Added to NRHP: August 3, 1982 Designated MSHS: September 3, 1998[2] The St. John's Christian Methodist Episcopal Church is a church in Detroit, Michigan, United States, located at 8715 Woodward Avenue. It was built as the North Woodward Congregational Church and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982[1] and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1998.[2]
Contents
History
The North Woodward Congregational Church was built in stages, with a small chapel, designed by the firm of Malcomson and Higginbotham,[3] on the site of the present church constructed as early as 1907. The construction of the main sanctuary began in 1911 and was completed in 1912.[4] Sections were added, with the most recent, the church house, being added in 1929.[4] By the 1950s, the congregation had substantially moved out of Detroit, and the building was sold to the St. John's Christian Methodist Episcopal Church congregation.[5] This congregation had been organized on July 8, 1917, as St. John's Colored Methodist Episcopal Church.[5] A State of Michigan historical marker commemorates this church.[5] The official denominational name was changed from "Colored" to "Christian" in 1954. St. John's Christian Methodist Episcopal Church was the first C.M.E. church established in the state of Michigan and, as of 2009, it remains the largest and most recognized Christian Methodist congregation in the state. The Reverend Joseph B. Gordon, a native Detroiter, was appointed as pastor in 2008.
Building
The architect retained by the Congregationalists was Hugh Clement. He designed a Gothic red brick church with limestone trim, having Prairie and Arts & Crafts influences.[6] The building is lower than many Gothic churches, as it lacks a bell tower or lantern.[4] The historical site also includes nine associated row houses along Gladstone Avenue.[6]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "North Woodward Avenue Congregational Church". Michigan State Housing Development Authority. http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/682.htm. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
- ^ Eric J. Hill; John Gallagher; American Institute of Architects, Detroit Chapter (2003), AIA Detroit: the American Institute of Architects guide to Detroit architecture, Wayne State University Press, p. 209, ISBN 0814331203, http://books.google.com/books?id=sZGskamYzjUC
- ^ a b c North Woodward Avenue Congregational Church / St. John’s Christian Methodist Episcopal Church from Detroit1701.org.
- ^ a b c North Woodward Avenue Congregational Church from michmarkers.com
- ^ a b St. John C.M.E. Church from the City of Detroit Planning and Development Department
External links
Religious landmarks in metropolitan Detroit Woodward Avenue
(address #)St. John's Episcopal Church (2326) • Woodward Avenue Baptist Church (demolished) • First Unitarian Church (2870) • First Presbyterian Church (2930) • Temple Beth-El (3424) • Cathedral Church of St. Paul (4800) • Our Lady of the Rosary (5930) • Metropolitan United Methodist Church (8000) • First Baptist Church (8501) • Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church (8501) • North Woodward Congregational Church (8715) • Temple Beth-El (8801) • Saint Joseph's Episcopal Church (8830) • Central Woodward Christian Church (9000) • Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament (9844) • Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church (12375) • Trinity United Methodist Church (13100) • First United Methodist Church (16300) • Central United Methodist Church (23 East Adams) • First Congregational Church (33 Forest) • Highland Park Presbyterian Church (14 Cortland) • Mariners' Church (170 East Jefferson)
City Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church • Cass Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church • Chapel of St. Theresa-the Little Flower • Christ Church Detroit • Fort Street Presbyterian Church • Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church • Historic Trinity Lutheran Church • Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church • Most Holy Redeemer Church • Sacred Heart Major Seminary • Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Convent and Rectory • St. Albertus Roman Catholic Church • St. Aloysius • Saint Andrew's Memorial Episcopal Church • Ste. Anne de Detroit Catholic Church • St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church (demolished) • St. Bonaventure Monastery • St. Catherine of Siena Roman Catholic Church • St. Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Church • St. Florian Church (Hamtramck) • St. James Episcopal (Grosse Ile) • St. John's-St. Luke's Evangelical • St. Josaphat's • St. Joseph Catholic Church • St. Mary Roman Catholic Church • Saints Peter and Paul Church • Saints Peter and Paul Academy • St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Roman Catholic Church • St. Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Church • St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church (demolished) • Second Baptist Church • Sweetest Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church • Trinity Episcopal Church • Trumbull Avenue Presbyterian Church
Suburban Christ Church Chapel (Grosse Pointe) • Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills) • Detroit Temple, Church of the Latter Day Saints (Bloomfield Hills) • Duns Scotus College (Southfield) • Grosse Pointe Memorial Church (Grosse Pointe) • Islamic Center of America (Dearborn) • Kirk in the Hills (Bloomfield Hills) • National Shrine of the Little Flower (Royal Oak) • Nardin Park United Methodist Church (Farmington Hills) • Piety Hill Historic District (Lapeer) • St. John Armenian Church (Southfield) • St. Mary Church (Monroe) • Saint Paul Catholic Church (Grosse Pointe Farms) • Shaarey Zedek (Southfield) • Temple Beth El(Bloomfield Hills)
See also: Architecture of metropolitan Detroit Religious Structures of Woodward Avenue TR Structures in this TR Central United Methodist Church (Detroit, Michigan) • St. John's Episcopal Church • Woodward Avenue Baptist Church • First Unitarian Church of Detroit • Temple Beth-El (3424) • Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Detroit • Saint Joseph's Episcopal Church (5930) • Metropolitan United Methodist Church • Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church • First Baptist Church of Detroit • North Woodward Congregational Church • Temple Beth-El (8801) • Saint Joseph's Episcopal Church (8830) • Central Woodward Christian Church • Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament • Highland Park Presbyterian Church • Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church (Highland Park, Michigan) • Trinity United Methodist Church • First United Methodist ChurchStructures listed earlier Mariners' Church • First Presbyterian Church (Detroit, Michigan) • First Congregational Church, Detroit, MichiganU.S. National Register of Historic Places Topics Lists by states Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • WyomingLists by territories Lists by associated states Other 
Category:National Register of Historic Places • 
Portal:National Register of Historic PlacesCategories:- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
- Religious buildings completed in 1911
- 20th-century church buildings
- Michigan State Historic Sites
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
