Saint Joseph's Episcopal Church, 1926 (Detroit, Michigan)

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caption = Church facade from Woodward
location= Detroit, Michigan
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 22
lat_seconds = 52.17
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 83
long_minutes = 4
long_seconds = 47.25
long_direction = W
locmapin = Michigan
area =
built =1926
architect= James J. Nettleton
architecture= Other
added = August 03, 1982
governing_body = Private
mpsub=Religious Structures of Woodward Ave. TR
refnum=82002909cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The St. Matthew's-St. Joseph's Episcopal Church is a church in Detroit Michigan located at 8850 Woodward Avenue. It was built as Saint Joseph's Episcopal Church.

History

St. Matthew’s Episcopal is the second oldest African American congregation in Detroit. [http://www.detroit1701.org/St.%20Matthew-Joseph%20Episcopal.html St. Matthew's—St. Joseph's Episcopal Church] from Detroit1701.org.]

Building

The church building is a typical Gothic structure with a narrow gabled nave and projecting side aisles. A large rose window faces Woodward. The architect, James J. Nettleton, was a member of the St. Joseph's congregation and graduate of the architecture program at Cornell. [http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/historic/districts/stjoseph_episcopal.pdf St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church] from City of Detroit Planning and Development Department.]

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