The history of Detroit and Michigan; or, The metropolis illustrated; a chronological cyclopedia of the past and present, Vol I, Part 93

Author: Farmer, Silas, 1839-1902
Publication date: 1889
Publisher: Detroit, S. Farmer & co
Number of Pages: 1096

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In the fall of 1863 Rev. J. S. Smart was appointed to the church, and became the last pastor of the organization.

The church was wholly destroyed by fire on July 18, 1863. Immediately after the fire services were inaugurated in a hall on Woodward Avenue, be- tween State and Grand River Streets, and continued until October 25. The society then commenced to hold services in Young Men's Hall, remaining there

ORIGINAL LAFAYETTE STREET M. E, CHURCH.

until January 3, 1864. The last public services of the organization were held on that day, as the society had virtually decided to unite with the Woodward Avenue Church, and build on the corner of Woodward and Adams Avenues.

The number of members in 1850 was 150; in 1860, 182.

Tabernacle Church.

This society, which at different times was desig- nated also by the names of "Lafayette Street " and "Trinity," was organized and incorporated May I, 1849. Their first church, a wooden building, was on the northeast corner of Lafayette Avenue and Fourth Street. It was the old building formerly located on the corner of Woodward Avenue and Congress Street. On its removal to the new site the building was extensively repaired, and on Octo- ber 14, 1849, it was dedicated anew. The parson- age, in rear of the church, was built about 1854 ..

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Early in 1868 the church was again repaired at a cost of about $5,000, and on February 2 was rededicated with a sermon by Bishop Thompson. After five years more of service, it was decided to sell the property and build elsewhere, and accordingly the last service in the old church was held on August 24, 1873. The property was sold for $11,000 and the church torn down.

Meantime lots had been purchased on the northeast corner of Howard and Fourth Streets at a cost of $8,000; the chapel built thereon was dedicated October 26, 1873. On September 13, 1874, the church was dedi- cated. It seats 875. The church and chapel, including the furnishing, cost $38,700.

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The property in year 1880 was valued at $40,000. In the summer of 1887 extensive alterations and improvements were made at a cost of $12,000, and

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the church was re-opened on October 16, 1887. The average attendance at morning service in 1880 was 325. Number of members in 1850, 43; 1860, 58; 1870, 225; 1880, 234.

The following is a list of the pastors: 1849, J. J. Perry; 1850, L. D. Price; 1851, George Taylor ; 1852-1854, M. Hickey; 1854-1856, William H. Perrine ; 1856-1858, J. F. Davidson; 1858, Robert Bird ; 1859-1861, D. C. Jacokes; 1861, Seth Reed; 1862-1865, J. C. Wortley; 1865-1867, O. Whit- more; 1867-1870, E. E. Caster; 1870-1873, J. McEldowney; 1873-1876, W. H. Pearce; 1876, L. R. Fiske; fall of 1877 to 1880, C. T. Allen ; 1880 to fall of 1882, William Dawe; fall of 1882 to 1883, John Alabaster ; 1883 to 1886, E. W. Ryan ; 1886- , W. Dawe.

Simpson Church.

This society, also formerly designated as "Sev- enth Street," "Walnut Street" and "Sixth Street" M. E. Church, grew out of a mission Sunday school established in 1853 by Rev. M. Hickey and Welling- ton Willetts. The school was designed as a help to the Lafayette Ave. M. E. Church, where Mr. Hickey was then stationed. It began in the parlor of a Mr. Elliott, on Seventh Street near Walnut. Through the agency of the Methodist Sunday School Union a church with ten members was organized in Sep- tember, 1856. The first brick church was built on a lot donated by Colonel N. Prouty, on the north- west corner of Seventh and Walnut Streets, then worth $300. The building was dedicated June 15, 1856, Dr. E. O. Haven preaching the sermon. The church seated 150, and cost $1,500.

A Board of Trustees had been created on Febru- ary 14, 1854, to hold title to the lot donated. In 1868, under the direction of the Church and Sunday School Union of the M. E. Church, and especially

through the efforts of David Preston, a large lot, fronting one hundred and fifty feet on south side of Grand River Avenue and two hundred and forty- nine feet on east side of Sixth Street, was purchased for $4,500 ; and on August 24, 1868, the corner-stone of a new church was laid, and on December 5, 1869, the basement was dedicated. The main audi- ence room was dedicated July 22, 1870.

The old church property sold for $2,600. The new building cost $37,325, and seats 1,000 per- sons. The average attendance in 1880 was 300. It is named Simpson Chuch, in honor of Bishop Simpson.

In 1876 the brick parsonage was built in the rear of the church at a cost of $5,000. The pastor's salary in 1880 was $1,600. The total annual expen- ses were then $4,000, of which $250 were for the choir. The yearly receipts from pews was $3,000. Number of members in 1860, 30; in 1870, 124; in 1880, 371. Value of property in 1880, $40,000. During the summer of 1883 extensive repairs and

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improvements were made to the church, and it was formally reopened October 14, 1883, with a sermon by Rev. Dr. W. X. Ninde.

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JEFFERSON AVENUE M. E. CHURCH. Original Building.

The names of the pastors in charge, and their years of service, have been : 1856, M. Hickey ; 1857, J. Levington; 1858, J. A. Baughman; 1859, Arthur Edwards; 1860, John Levington; 1861-1863, J. W. Kellogg; 1863, J. M. Arnold; 1864, H. N. Brown; 1865, S. P. Warner; 1866, M. Hickey; 1867, S. E. Warren; 1868, W. J. Campbell; 1869-1871, T. J. Joslin; 1871, W. H. Shier; 1872-1875, T. Stalker; 1875-1878, W. W. Washburn; 1878, D. Casler; 1879-1882, W. H. Poole ; 1882-1885, C. T. Allen; 1885, H. C. Northrup; 1886- . M. C. Hawks.

Palmer Memorial M. E. Church, formerly Jeffer- son Avenue Church.

The erection of this church was provided for at the time the Congress Street and First M. E. societies united. The nucleus for the enterprise was a Sunday school, established mainly through the efforts of Mrs. D. E. Rice, in the machine-shop of her hus- band on Atwater Street. The school was subse- quently removed to a boat-house farther up the river, and merged into the church school when the building of this society was erected.

The original church, on the south side of Jeffer- son Avenue near the west corner of St. Aubin Avenue, cost $3,675. The lot, which is ninety-six by two hundred feet, cost $3,500. The church was dedicated on December 23, 1866, Rev. E. O. Haven preaching the sermon. The society was incorpor- ated December 30, 1866, at which time thirty-six persons became members.

In the fall of 1875 the building was enlarged by the addition of a wing on each side; twenty-eight additional seats were gained, making the total num-

ber of seats 400. The cost of the alterations and improvements was $3,700. On December 19, 1875, it was reopened. In 1880 there was an average attendance of 325. The pastor's salary was then $1,700. The choir cost $300. The total yearly expenses were $2,375, and the annual receipts from the pews, $650. Number of members in 1870, 101 ; in 1880, 207. Value of property in 1880, $20,000. In October, 1883, it was sold for $14,500. The society then bought a lot on the southwest corner of Lafayette Street and McDougall Avenue, which cost $6,000, and a church costing $24,000 was erected. It was dedicated November 27, 1884. The society during this year was newly incorporated

PALMER MEMORIAL M. E. CHURCH. (Mason & Rice, Architects).

as the Mary W. Palmer Memorial M. E. Church in honor of the mother of Thomas W. Palmer. She was one of the earliest Methodists residing in Detroit, and her son has been a liberal contributor to this and other Methodist interests.

The pastors have been: 1866, M. Hickey; 1867- 1870, A. F. Bourns; 1870-1873, E. E. Caster ; 1873-1875, A. R. Bartlett; 1875, J. M. Fuller ; 1876, E. H. Pilcher and D. C. Jacokes ; 1877-1880, R. S. Pardington ; 1880-1882, C. T. Allen ; fall of 1882 to 1886, William Dawe; 1886- , W. Smith.

Preston, formerly Fort Street Church.

This society may be called in part the outgrowth of a mission Sunday school, established in 1856, under direction of a City Methodist Sunday School Union, in a private house on Thompson, now Twelfth Street. In 1857 the school was moved to the public school building on Lafontaine, now Fifteenth Street, holding its first session there on June 14. In the fall of 1858 it was again moved, this time into the newly erected Second German

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M. E. Church. A mission school was also established, at a later day, in Springwells, by Edwin Reeder, at the corner of Indian Avenue and Fort Street.

In 1871 several persons who had been specially interested in these mission schools decided to erect a building for their permanent home. A lot was purchased on the northeast corner of Fort and Twenty-second Streets at a cost of $2,000, and a wooden building, forty by forty-six feet, seating 400, and costing $7,500, was erected. It was dedicated October 15, 1871. Both of the mission Sunday schools were moved into the building. The society was incorporated in 1873, and on February 22, 1874, a church was organized with 30 members. In 1880 the membership was 125.

The pastor's salary in 1880 was $1,200, and the total yearly expenses $1,800. The value of the prop- erty was $8,000. The average attendance was 120.

The church was in charge of Rev. E. H. Pilcher, presiding elder, until the fall of 1874, when Rev. R. S. Pardington was appointed pastor, and served until the fall of 1877. His successors have been : 1877- 1880, W. Q. Burnett ; 1880, G. W. Lowe; 1881- 1883, H. A. Merrill ; 1883-1885, C. M. Stewart ; 1885, S. Plantz ; 1886, P. R. Parrish ; 1887- . E. B. Bancroft. In 1886 this society and the Wesley Church were united, and in 1887 the name was changed to the Preston M. E. Church, and the society began the erection of a new building on the corner of Twenty-third Street and Lambie Place. The lot cost $3,000, and the estimated cost of the building is $12,500. The Fort Street property was sold for $4,000, and the Wesley Church for $1,859, the purchasers assuming an indebtedness of about $1,400.

Haven, formerly Sixteenth Street Church.

The beginning of this society dates from a mis- sion school begun in May, 1869. It was soon deter- mined to establish a church, and a society was incorporated August 22, 1871. On September II, 1871, the corner-stone of the brick church, fifty-six by sixty-seven feet, on the west side of Sixteenth Street at the junction of Walnut (now Bagg) Street, was laid. It was completed and dedicated July 28, 1372. It occupies two lots, which cost $1,200. The building cost $10,000, and seated 350. The average attendance in 1880 was 150. The pastor's salary was $800, and the total yearly ex- penses of the church $1,200. The property was valued at $11,000. The number of members was 82. In 1885 the building was enlarged and refitted at a cost of $4,313. It was re-opened September 20, 1885, and now seats 400.

The following is the list of pastors: 1873, H. N. Brown ; 1874-1876, L. P. Davis ; 1876, L. H. Dean, S. E. Warren ; 1877-1878, John Russell,

L. H. Dean ; 1879, J. C. Higgins ; 1880-1881, L. E. Lennox ; 1881-1883, T. H. Baskerville ; 1883-1886. C. B. Spencer ; 1886- , C. S Eastman.

Junction Church.

In the fall of 1875, through the efforts of the pre- siding elder, Rev. E. H. Pilcher, this church was erected on the east side of Clippert Avenue, between Audrain and Edwards Streets, in Springwells. Al- though unfinished, without even being lathed, it was dedicated on Sunday afternoon, June 18, 1876, and from that time services were held regularly on the Sabbath.

The following month a weekly prayer-meeting commenced, and on July 9 a Sabbath school was organized. The last service in 1876 was held on

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September 17. As the church building was too un- comfortable for further use, a room near the present location was leased, and a union Sunday school organized. On February 4, 1877, Rev. J. M. Ker- rige began to hold services at the Junction, and on March II a church class with ten members was organized. During this year a lot in a new location was given the society by Mr. A. E. Leavitt, but it was deemed too small for the church. Mr. C. R. Mabley then gave one lot to the society, and sold it another, and the church was moved from Clippert Avenue to the west side of Welch Avenue, between Plumer and Leavitt Streets. It its new location it was dedi- cated on October 28, 1877, by Rev. F. A. Blades. In the fall of 1880 the lot given by Mr. Leavitt was sold, and the cost of moving and fitting up the

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church paid in full. The entire property, as it was in 1880, had cost $2,000 and was worth $2,500. The church had 180 sittings, and there was an average attendance of 50 persons. Up to the fall of 1882 it had no regular pastor, but was cared for by Rev. F. A. Blades. After that time it had the following pastors : 1882, J. A. Lowry ; 1883, H. A. Merrill ; 1884-1886, W. Newey ; 1886, S. P. Warner.

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JUNCTION M. E. CHURCH. Delray Church.

This society is the result of a Sunday school established in the upper story of a public school building on May 1, 1881. On November 20, a church was organized, and on June 1, 1882, its building, on the south side of the river road, just east of the village of Delray, was dedicated. It cost $1.550; the lot, valued at $500, was donated by M. W. Field. The first regular pastor, Rev. S. P. War- ner, was appointed in the fall of 1882. He was succeeded in 1884 by W. Newey, and in 1886 by John Daker. Number of members in 1882, 56. The names of the first trustees were recorded in the county clerk's office December 16, 1882. During 1883 an addition to the church, costing $400, was erected.

Wesley Church, Extinct.

This society had its beginnings in a Sunday school established by the M. E. Church and Sunday School Union. The school, under the superintendence of Mrs. George Hargreaves, began on February 12, 1882, in a room on Indian Avenue near the Dix Road, previously occupied as a saloon. The school flourished, and a lot was procured on the northwest corner of Vinewood Avenue and Dix Road, at a cost of $1,700. A building was erected at a cost, including furnishing, of $2,700, and on

January 28, 1883, it was dedicated. It seats 270 persons, and can be made to accommodate about 50 more. The average attendance at the school at time of dedication was 180. The pastors have been as follows: 1884-1885, Rev. J. Rose ; 1885, L. E. Lennox ; 1886- , E. B. Bancroft. During 1886, it was decided to unite with the Fort Street M. E. Church in a new enterprise, and the property was sold to the Christian Church for $3,250.

Cass Avenue Church.

This society was organized May 8, 1882, by the election of nine trustees and a Board of Stewards. The lot on the northwest corner of Cass and Selden Avenues was purchased and held for the society by David Preston; including the interest, it cost nearly $9,000. The chapel, with its furnishings, cost about $11,000. It was dedicated December 2, 1883, Rev. J. H. Bayliss, D. I)., preaching in the morning and Rev. R. M. Hatfield, D. D., in the afternoon. Its pastors have been : 1883-1886, W. W. Wash- burn; 1886- , C. M. Cobern.

Asbury Mission Chapel.

This enterprise is the outgrowth of a Sabbath school established in an unoccupied building by the M. E. Church and Sunday School Union. A chapel, costing, with the lot, $1,700, was dedicated October 7, 1883. It was located on the north side of Gar- field Avenue, just east of Chene Street. The loca- tion did not prove a favorable one, and by exchange, at a cost of $too, new lots were procured on the southeast corner of Ferry Avenue and Dubois Street. The building was removed thither and re- fitted at a cost of over $700, the amount being paid by the Central M. E. Church.

The opening services in the new location were held on September 27, 1885. The building will seat 170. The enterprise was, at different times, under the pastoral care of Revs. H. A. Merrill, T. H. Baskerville, H. J. Brine, and J. L. Foxten. In the fall of 1886, Rev. C. E. Mitchell became

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the first regular pastor. In 1886 there were 154 members.

Lincoln Avenue M. E. Church.

This society was organized in June, 1885. The building is located on the northwest corner of Lin- coln and Putnam Avenues. The lots cost $1,200, and the original building and furnishing $1,300. It was dedicated September 6, 1885, and seated 250.

The pastors have been as follows: 1885, O. W. Willetts ; 1886, C. B. Spencer; 1887, L. P. Davis.

Woodward Avenue M. E. Church.

This society had its beginning in a Sunday school, established on June 7, 1885, in a store on Wood- ward Avenue, near Piquette Avenue. The school prosper- ed, and a lot on the northeast corner of Wood- ward and Har- per Avenues was purchased at a cost of $8,000, and a chapel erected at a cost of $4,- 000. It seats 325, and was dedicated on October 24, 1886. A church with 50 mem- bers was organ- ized the same month. Their first pastor, Rev. F. A. Smart, en- tered upon his work in the fall of 1886.

began in a mission school, established by the Simp- son M. E. Church, on the corner of Sixteenth and Breckenridge Streets, in March, 1887, and on De- cember 18, of the same year, their new building was dedicated. The lots cost $1,300, and the building and furnishing $5,000.

First German Church.

This society was organized and incorporated in May, 1847, and held their first meetings in an old yellow building on Brush Street, near Larned. On July 5, 1848, the corner-stone of their brick church, on the northeast corner of Croghan and Beaubien Streets, was laid; and in May, 1851, the church was dedicated. It seats 300. The lot cost $300 and the building $3,000. In 1873 $2,600 was ex- pended in re- pairs, and the front of the building was much improved. The parsonage, built in 1857, is in the rear of the church, and cost about $800. The salary of the pas- tor is $600; and the total annual expenses are $1,000. Value of property in 1880, $10,000. Amount of debt, $750.

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Ninde M. E. Church.

This society grew out of services held under the auspices of the M. E. Church and Sunday school Alliance of Detroit. A church building becoming desirable, the late George H. Hammond gave two lots, valued at $700, on the southwest corner of Twenty-eighth and Visgar Streets, and a building, costing, with its furniture, $2,000, was erected. It was dedicated December 19, 1886. Rev. S. P. Warner, the first pastor, was still serving in 1887.

Arnold M. E. Chapel.

This chapel, named as a memorial of Rev. J. M. Arnold, is located on the northwest corner of Sev- enteenth and Buchanan Streets. The enterprise

The average attendance in 1880 was 110. The number of members in 1850 was 48; in 1860, 78 ; in 1870, 92 ; in 1880, 133. The pastors have been : 1846, Charles Helwig ; 1847, John M. Hart- man ; 1848, Charles Helwig and C. Grimm ; 1849, Charles Helwig ; 1850-1851, John A. Kleine ; 1852- 1853, Jacob Rothweiler ; 1854-1855, P. F. Schnei- der ; 1856, Emil Baur ; 1857-1858, N. Nufer ; 1859- 1860, John Schweinfert ; 1861-1862, George Nach- trieb ; 1863-1866, Geo. Reuter ; 1866, C. Melitzer ; 1867-1870, G. Schwinn; 1870-1872, A. Warns ; 1872-1875, H. Pullman ; 1875-1878, C. G. Hertzer ; 1878-1880, A. Loebenstein ; 1880-1883, C. Treu . schel ; 1883-1886, G. Weiler ; 1886- , H. Jend.

Second German Church.

This society was organized in 1857, and on September 5, 1858, dedicated the brick church

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on east side of Sixteenth Street, then called Lasalle Avenue, between Michigan Avenue and Dalzelle Street. A large portion of the purchase price of the lot, $100, was donated by J. W. Johnston. The church cost $1.500. It seats 200, and the average attendance in 1880 was about 100. The number of members in 1860 was 25; in 1870, 74, in 1880, 88. The salary of the pastor was $600, and the other church expenses in 1880 footed up about $100. All the pews are free. The parsonage was built in 1859 and cost $300.

The following persons have served as pastors ; 1856, Gustavus Laas; 1857-1859, Gustavus Ber- trams; 1859-1861, William A. Boerns; 1861, Jacob

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Braun; 1862-1865, C. G. Hertzer; 1865, Henry Maentz; 1866-1868, John S. Schneider; 1868-1870, Wm. Borcherding ; 1870, A. Meyer; 1871-1874, J. Braun; 1874-1876, H. Krill; 1876-1880, G. A. Reu- ter ; 1880-1882, Wm. Miller ; 1882-1885, E. Wun- derlich; 1885-1887, H. Pullman; 1887- , J. Kern.

Thirty-second Street German Church.

This society was organized, and the church on Thirty-second Street, near Michigan Avenue, dedi- cated on February 26, 1882. The lot cost $500, the building cost $1,100 and seats 200. The pastors have been: 1882-1884, R. Plueddemann ; 1884, O. Rogatzky. Since 1884 it has been cared for by the pastor of the Second German M. E. Church.

Lafayette Street African Church.

It may be mentioned to the credit of the colored race that one of the first Protestant missionaries to the Indians in this region was John Stewart, a free man of color and a Methodist, born in Powhattan County, Virginia. In November, 1816, he arrived at the Wyandotte Village, near Detroit, as a volun-

teer Christian teacher. His mission proved a suc- cess, as he was both well received and well adapted for the work. In 1819 his mission was taken in charge by the Ohio Conference, and the same year the Missionary Society of the M. E. Church was organized and his mission continued.

A colored Methodist society was organized in Detroit in 1839, but was not originally connected with the African M. E. Church. Their first meet- ings were held in an old building located on north side of Congress Street near Woodward Avenue, known as Military Hall or Council House. It was granted by the Common Council to the colored Methodist Church on July 9, 1839, and removed within a few weeks to Croghan Street near the northwest corner of Hastings Street, on what was known as Father Armstrong's lot. While the society was there located, John M. Brown, now a bishop, was an exhorter in the church. The society remained on Croghan Street for a year or two, and on May 10, 1841, was organized under the direct control of the African M. E. Church. The building was then moved to Fort Street East, a little west of Beaubien Street, neatly fitted up, and formally dedicated on June 14, 1842; it was used by the society until the brick church on the south side of Lafayette Street, immediately in the rear, was com- pleted. The lot on Lafayette Street was bought June 5, 1845, for $300. The church, forty by fifty feet, was dedicated September 19, 1847, and cost $2,000.

On July 30, 1849, the society was incor- porated. On December 2, 1866, after being ex- tensively repaired, the church was re-dedicated. The repairs cost about $4,000, increasing the size of the building to forty by sixty-eight feet, and 100 seats were gained. The church now seats 500.

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In 1880 the average attendance was 300, the pas- tor's salary was $900, and the total church expenses about $1,500 per year. The value of the property was $12,000. The number of members in 1840 was 40; in 1850, 100; in 1860, 135; in 1870, 200; in 1880, 308.

The names of the pastors are as follows: 1842- 1844, Mr. Hargraves; 1844-1846, J. Thomas; 1846-1847. Edward Davis; 1847-1848, Edward

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Heart; 1848 to August, 1850, Peter Gardner; August, 1850, to March, 1851, J. Bowman; Au- gust, 1851, to August, 1852, E. Heart; 1852- 1854, Isaac Williams; 1854-1856, John A. Warren; 1856-1858, A. H. Turpin; 1858-1860, A. R. Green; 1860-1862, John A. Warren; 1862-1864, R. A. Johnson; 1864-1865, H. J. Young; May, 1865, to August, 1867. A. McIntosh; 1867-1869, W. S. Lankford; 1869-1872, G. C. Booth; 1872-1874, A. T. Hall; January, 1874, to August, 1875, William C. Trevan; 1875 to March, 1877, W. S. Lankford; March, 1877, to August, G. C. Booth; August, 1877, to August, 1879, J. Mitchem; August, 1879, to August, 1882, D. P. Roberts; August, 1882, to 1884, A. A. Burleigh; 1884-1886, J. Bass; 1886- , J. M. Henderson.

Ebenezer African Church.

This society, located on the north side of Calhoun Street, between Beaubien and St. Antoine Streets, was organized, with thirteen members, by Rev. G. C Booth, in Cook's Hall, corner of Prospect and Watson Streets, on November 2, 1871. The Sunday school began the following Sunday with twenty-

three members. In August, 1872, the society first occupied its own building on Calhoun Street. In 1874 the old Second Congregational Chapel was purchased, and moved beside the former meeting- house of the society; it was dedicated in its new location on September 5, 1874, with a sermon by Bishop W. A. Wayman. The old building was then transformed into a parsonage. The present church seats 500.

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The history of Detroit and Michigan; or, The metropolis illustrated; a chronological cyclopedia of the past and present, Vol I, Part 93

Author: Farmer, Silas, 1839-1902 Publication date: 1889 Publisher: Detroit, S. Farmer & co Number of Pages: 1096

Author: Farmer, Silas, 1839-1902
Publication date: 1889
Publisher: Detroit, S. Farmer & co
Number of Pages: 1096