<p>First Baptist Church of Grand Blanc is a historic church at 6106 S. Saginaw Street in Grand Blanc, Michigan. It was built in 1851 and added to the National Register in 1983. It still serves the local Baptist congregation.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The First Baptist Church of Grand Blanc was organized in 1833, and held services in the homes or barns of members. Chauncey Gibson a site for the construction of a permanent church, and the church building was completed in 1851. The church recruited its first pastor, Elder Edgar Randall, in 1879. Randall served as pastor until 1911.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The First Baptist Church of Grand Blanc is a rectangular plan gable end structure, three bays wide. The front facade has a central double door entrance flanked with pilasters. and topped by a full entablature. On either side are stained glass windows; more windows line the side facades. The church is topped with an octagonal belfry.</p><br>
<p>The Indian Mission, now the Luckhard Museum, is a historic Native American Christian mission located at 590 East Bay Street in Sebewaing, Michigan. It was built in 1849 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>John J. Auch was born in 1817 in Wurtemburg, Germany, and emigrated tho the United States with his parents in 1836. He studied theology, and in 1845 arrived in what is now Sebewaing as a missionary to the local Ojibwe tribe. Upon arrival, Auch constructed a log house at a site just north of Sebewaing. This proved inadequate, so in 1846 he purchased lumber from Bay City, ferried it to Sebewaing, and began constructing this mission house. The house was dedicated in 1849, and Auch used it as a combination mission and home for the next five years.</p><br>
<p>After Auch moved on, the building was alternately occupied and abandoned over the course of decades. In 1954, C.F. Luckhard purchased the building and extensively restored it. Luckhard moved the structure to its present location, and used it to display his collection of pioneer-era artifacts. Luckhard also constructed a replica of the first log house build by Auch near the mission.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Indian Mission is a -story rectangular frame building with a gabled roof on a low stone foundation. The building has box cornices and two brick chimneys within the walls. The windows are double-hung sash units, six over six. Adjoining the mission is a concrete structure, cast in the shape of a log building, as a replica of the first chapel built in Sebewaing in 1845.</p><br>
<p>St. John&#39;s Lutheran Church is a historic Lutheran church in Huron County, Michigan. It is located at 4527 Second St. in Port Hope, Michigan. The Victorian Gothic style church was built in 1899. It was added to the National Register in 1987.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The St. John&#39;s Lutheran Church congregation in Port Hope was established in 1868. In 1870, Rev. W. Schwartz, a traveling missionary, took charge of the congregation, and soon, with the arrival of more settlers, the congregation grew. In 1871, the congregation constructed a frame church on this site. By 1876, the congregation was large enough to warrant its own pastor. A wing was added in 1981. The church still serves the original congregation.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>St. John&#39;s Lutheran Church is long and narrow brick Gothic structure with a steeply pitched gable roof. The front facade is symmetrical, with a central projecting square-plan tower topped with a wooded belfry and spire. Along the sides are pointed-arch windows filled with stained glass, separated by stone-trimmed, brick buttresses. A rear, gable-roofed projection holds the chancel. On one side, attached via a short corridor, is a cross-gable-roof, one-story wing, added in 1981, with a style closely matching that of the original 1899 church.</p><br>
<p>Inside, the sanctuary contains stained wood pews flanking a central aisle. Above is a plaster ceiling, sloping on the sides and flat the center. In the rear is a gallery with the organ.</p><br>
<p>The First Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as the Red Church, is a historic church located at 4451 Second Street in Port Hope, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The First Methodist Episcopal Church in Port Hope was established in August, 1858 by a circuit-riding preacher. The congregation constructed this church building for a place to worship in 1880–82. Although the names of the architect and carpenter are not known, it is known that John Geltz and John Crew did the masonry and plastering work. The building served the local Methodist congregation until 1936, when they merged with the local Presbyterian congregation. After this, the building was used for local gatherings and rented out for weddings and other events.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Red Church is an L-shaped, gable-roof, frame structure located at the intersection of Second and School Streets. The church measures 60 feet by 38 feet, and has an asymmetrical front façade, with a tower at the front corner nearest the intersection. The exterior is clad in vertical board and batten siding, with the exception of the front of the tower and front wall of the sanctuary below the gable, where the siding consists of horizontal boarding. The church is nominally Gothic in style, with a steeply pitched roof and Gothic arched head openings for the door and windows. The interior contains a small vestibule in the tower base, with the sanctuary behind. Two sets of folding doors connect the sanctuary to the adjacent lecture room. Only a few pews remain in the sanctuary, but the original interior surface treatments remain, including matched board dados and ceiling.</p><br>
<p>Franklin Avenue Presbyterian Church  is a historic church at 108 W. Grand River Avenue in Lansing, Michigan. It was built in 1916 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1863, a daughter congregation of the First Presbyterian Church of Lansing was organized in what is now Old Town. A lot was donated to the congregation along what was then Franklin Avenue (and is now Grand River Avenue). The first church, a brick structure, was consecrated in 1865. By 1910, however, the local population had grown immensely, and the Presbyterian congregation was too large for the original church structure. In 1913, the Reverend Richard Spetnagel, pastor of Franklin Presbyterian, proposed constructing a new building. The congregation hired Lansing architect Edwyn A. Bowd in 1914 to design a new structure. The old church was demolished in 1915, and the new one consecrated in 1916.</p><br>
<p>In 1935, Franklin Avenue was re-designated Grand River Avenue, and the congregation changed its name to the North Presbyterian Church. In 2010 the congregation merged into Westminster Presbyterian Church due to shrinking attendance, and the building was bought by The Epicenter of Worship Church.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The former Franklin Avenue Presbyterian Church is a rectangular, gable-roof building constructed of dark brown brick, with concrete and wood trim. At one corner of the main facade is a square tower with a louvered belfry. The church has an Arts and Crafts form, with large triangular wood brackets under the eaves and a grid pattern laid into the rose window shape in the front gable. Inside, a stair leads to the second-floor auditorium, which has Akron-plan semi-circular seating facing a corner pulpit. Sunday school rooms are nearby.</p><br>
<p>A two-story dark brown brick manse with a hip roof is attached to the church on one side. it is connected internally t o the pastor&#39;s study in the main church.</p><br>
<p>First Baptist Church is a historic church at 227 N. Capitol Avenue in Lansing, Michigan. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Lansing&#39;s First Baptist Church was organized in 1851. The congregation constructed a frame church in 1857. By the late 1880s, the congregation was rapidly expanding, and a new structure was needed. In 1892, construction began on the present structure, located at the site of the original church. The architects for the project were Edwyn A. Bawd and Earl H. Mead. Construction was completed in 1894.</p><br>
<p>Over the next decades, the church established nine different congregations in the Lansing area. However, like many mainline congregations in downtown areas, the First Baptist Church began a decline in membership starting in the mid 1960s. In 2005, the congregation changed its name to Christ Community Church, and continues to use the structure.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The First Baptist Church consists of the 1892 church and an attached parish house, which was rehabilitated in 1955. The church is a steep-roof, Richardson Romanesque structure constructed of multi-colored local stone. The building has brick facings which line window and door openings. The front facade has a square tower at one corner, a smaller round tower at the other, and a low entry vestibule between.</p><br>
<p>On the interior is an entry vestibule with oak wainscoting and a tin ceiling. Double doors open onto the sanctuary, which has a high ceiling with timber trusses and a rear gallery supported by iron columns with Corinthian capitals. The sanctuary contains three tiers of pews on a floor that slopes downward toward a chancel. All the sanctuary woodwork is of oak.</p><br>
<p>The Central Methodist Episcopal Church  is a historic church located at 215 North Capitol Avenue in Lansing, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The first meeting of Methodists in the Lansing area occurred in 1845. In 1861, Central Methodist Episcopal Church was officially organized, and the congregation purchased a lot on the corner of what is now Ottawa and Washington to construct a church. The building was completed in 1863, but was quickly outgrown by the increasing congregation. In 1882, the church bought a lot for a new church, located on the present church site. A number of architects were considered, and Elijah E. Myers, the architect of the Michigan State Capitol, was finally chosen. H.W. Coddington of Kalamazoo, Michigan was chosen as the building, and construction commenced in 1889. Construction was completed in 1890.</p><br>
<p>A temple house, designed by Lee Black, was added in 1922-23.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Central Methodist Episcopal Church is a low, massive, Richardsonian Romanesque structure built from dark red Ionia sandstone. The church measures one hundred fifty feet long by eighty-six feet wide. The main elevation is a broad facade with an eighty-five-foot high square tower located at one corner and a shorter half-round tower located at the other. Inside the church is a broad, open lobby with two U-shaped staircases leading to a second-floor lobby. A broad entryway leads to the sanctuary, which is a wide, low room containing a rear gallery and pews set in concentric rows around a low pulpit. The ceiling is supported by open timber trusses. All the trim is of red oak.</p><br>
<p>Also on the property is a Temple House, which is a utilitarian, three-story, brick structure faced with stonework which echoing that of the church. The Temple House contains the church offices, a two-story auditorium, Sunday school classrooms, and a gymnasium.</p><br>
<p>Muir Church of Christ, also known as the First Christian Church of Muir, is a historic church located at 138 Garden Street in Muir, Michigan, United States. It was built in 1861 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Muir Church of Christ was organized in Lyons, Michigan in 1856 with 25 members as a member of the Disciples of Christ denomination. The Reverend Isaac Errett was the first pastor. Meetings were first held in Lyons, but quickly moved to the Muir schoolhouse. By 1858 the congregation had grown to 148 members. In 1861, this church was constructed at a cost of $3,215.06.</p><br>
<p>The Muir church was the mother church for the Disciples of Christ denomination In the Grand River Valley, and is one of Michigan&#39;s oldest Disciples of Christ congregations. Isaac Errett, the founding pastor, remained with the church until 1866, although he was absent much of the time, helping found another church in Detroit and administering to troops in the Civil War. Errett was great friends with James A. Garfield, who visited the Muir church in 1861.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Muir Church of Christ is a single-story, rectangular, gray, wood-frame Gothic Church clad with board-and-batten siding on a low fieldstone foundation. The church measures 70 feet by 30 feet. It has a square central projecting entrance tower topped by a cross-gable-roof belfry, with double entry doors in the base. Each side of the building has five Gothic windows with central mullions.</p><br>
<p>On the interior, there is a vestibule through the entry doors, which leads into the sanctuary. The sanctuary floor is made of dark-stained pine, and the walls are plaster. The floor slopes gently downward from the entrance to the pulpit. There are four rows of pews arranged with a central and two side aisles. The pulpit is set on a small platform. The sanctuary ceiling is of pressed metal, likely dating from 1906.</p><br>
<p>The Portland First Congregational Church is a historic church located at 421 E. Bridge Street in Portland, Michigan. The original Greek Revival style church was built in 1853 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. In 2015, the church was demolished by a tornado; it was rebuilt in 2016 in a style true to the original.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Portland First Congregational Church was organized in 1843 by the Reverend LeMoyne S. Smith, who had been sent by the American Home Missionary Society. They first met in a barn, then a log schoolhouse and various other temporary locations. Reverend Henry Root, the first resident pastor, arrived in 1851. Root raised the necessary funds to construct a permanent church, and in 1853 this building was constructed under the supervision of Baruch G. Cooley, a deacon at the church. The original location was on Kent Street, near the Grand River.</p><br>
<p>In 1868, the congregation was divided when a portion left to start a Presbyterian congregation. The two congregations continued independently for eight years, after which they rejoined. In 1877 the church building was moved from its original location to the present site. After the move, the building was expanded, and the interior walls and floor redone. An organ was purchased in 1879 and a parsonage constructed in 1887. The total expenditures from the move and subsequent constructions financially strained the church, which was on the edge of disbandment for many years.</p><br>
<p>However, after 1900, a neighboring Universalist Church disbanded, with many of the congregants joining the Congregational Church. The influx of new people allowed the church to thrive, and in 1913-14 they added a wing to the building. The fortunes of the congregation waxed and waned during the remainder of the twentieth century, with lagging support in the 1930s, but major renovations to the building in the 1950s and 1978.</p><br>
<p>In 2014, a substantial reconstruction of the bell tower was undertaken. However, in June 2015, a tornado passed through Portland, destroying a number of buildings, including the First Congregational Church. The remainder of the church was demolished a few days later. However, reconstruction began immediately, and a new building, similar in style to the original church, was finished by early 2016.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The original 1853 church was a rectangular Greek Revival structure measuring 35 feet by 85 feet with a low gable roof and sandstone foundation. It had a later two-story addition measuring 30 feet by 36 feet, making it L-shaped in plan. A square bell tower clad with narrow clapboards was located above the front gable peak. A full entablature ran around the entire church, supported by paneled pilasters at the building corners. The front had an off-center doorway with two windows nearby and two on the second story. The side had four sixteen-over-sixteen windows and a small, four-over-four window.</p><br>
<p>St. John the Baptist Catholic Church is a historic church, with an associated rectory, school, and cemetery, located at 324 S. Washington Avenue in Hubbardston, Michigan. The church was built in 1868. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places and listed as a Michigan State Historic Site in 2001.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>John Cowman, who settled near here in 1849, is likely the first Irish Catholic immigrant in the area. By 1851, six other families had settled nearby, and Fr. George Godez, pastor at Westphalia, began making pastoral visits. In 1853, a small chapel was built on the Cowman farm. More settlers arrived over the next few years, and in 1855 the parish of St. John the Baptist on Fish Creek was established, with Fr. Charles Bolte appointed pastor. By this time the settlement of Hubbardston, which had started with a sawmill, was well underway. Commercial buildings began to appear in 1855, and the village itself was platted in 1865.</p><br>
<p>By the 1860s, the original St. John the Baptist had been enlarged several times, but the congregation was still outgrowing the space. Additionally, the location outside the village was becoming inconvenient. In 1868, the parish purchased a plot in Hubbardston and began construction of this church. The building was completed in 1869, and was at the time the largest church building in the county. A parish school was started in 1883, using a former public school building located across the street from the church. The cemetery near the original church location was used until 1884, when the cemetery near the present church was opened. A new rectory, designed by Detroit architects Donaldson and Meier, was built in 1907-08. A school designed by the same firm was built in 1917, replacing the previous building.</p><br>
<p>However, the school ceased function in 1965. The last parish priest retired in 2005, and the parish is clustered with St. Mary parish in Carson City.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The St. John the Baptist Catholic Church complex stands atop high ground at the edge of Hubbardston. The complex includes the church proper, a rectory, a garage, a school, and a cemetery, along with a contemporary parish center.</p><br>
<p>The church is a rectangular, wood-frame Gothic Revival building with a slate gable roof on a fieldstone foundation. It is clad with clapboard and has tall pointed arch windows. The front facade is symmetrical, with a central, partly projecting square plan entry tower. A belfry with paired Gothic openings sits atop the tower. The interior contains two tiers of seventeen pews flanking a central aisle; the furnishings date from the 1940s-60s.</p><br>
<p>The rectory is a two-story hip-roof, red brick building with symmetrical five-bay facade on a random ashlar basement. The school is a two-story, rectangular, brick-walled building on a random ashlar basement. A partly projecting tower in the center of the front facade has arches giving it a vaguely Italian look. A 1960s one-story, flat-roof addition is attached to one side. The in-use section of the cemetery measures 400 feet by 350 feet, and includes large hemlocks, oaks, and other trees. Cemetery grounds include a variety of nineteenth and twentieth century monuments, as well as a small stone gable-front receiving vault.</p><br>
<p>Sessions Schoolhouse is a historic one-room school in Ionia, Michigan. It was built in 1847 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. According to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, it is believed to be the oldest existing schoolhouse in Michigan. The schoolhouse is now part of the Ionia State Recreation Area. As part of the State Park Explorer Program, there is historic interpretation of the Sessions Schoolhouse provided through interpretive signage as well as through programming by an Explorer Ranger.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Alonzo Sessions was born in New York in 1810, worked as a teacher for some time in New York, and moved to Ionia County in 1835. He cleared 360 acres for farming, later adding additional acreage to bring his farm up to 800 acres total. He married Celia Dexter, daughter of Samuel Dexter, the founder of Ionia. Sessions was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 1872, and served twice as the Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, in 1876 and 1880.</p><br>
<p>Sessions had a personal interest in education from his experience as a teacher. In 1847, he built this schoolhouse on his farm. It was used as a schoolhouse until 1898, when a larger schoolhouse was erected across the road. After this, the 1847 schoolhouse was used as a "pest house" for a time. The building was restored in 1918, at which time the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution placed a bronze plaque on the structure. However, it remained unused until 1958, when it was again repaired.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Sessions schoolhouse is a one-room, rectangular cobblestone and rubble structure with a low-pitched, wood shingle, gable roof with slightly projecting eaves. It measures 20 feet by 24 feet. The front has a central entry door flanked by two small windows. Two larger windows are on each side.</p><br>
<p>Third Reformed Church  is a historic church at 1009 Hermitage St., SE in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was built in 1875 and added to the National Register in 1982. As of 2019, the church was being rehabilitated into a neighborhood arts center.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Beginning in the 1840s, Dutch Protestants moved into this area of Michigan. In 1849, a community of Dutch immigrants in Grand Rapids established the Second Reformed Church. Both the church and Grand Rapids grew, and in 1875, the Third Reformed Church was founded as a subsidiary to serve congregants living on the east side of Grand Rapids. The original church building was constructed that same year, and was enlarged and remodeled multiple times thereafter, in a 1878, 1887–88, and 1894. The church remained substantially Dutch in nature for a substantial period, offering Dutch-language services until 1944.</p><br>
<p>In the 1960s, the Third Reformed moved to a new suburban location, and in 1968 sold the building to the Grace Pentecostal Church of God in Christ, a congregation which had been organized in 1950. The building was purchased by preservationists in 2017; as of 2019, rehabilitation into a neighborhood arts center had begun.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Third Reformed Church complex consists of the church itself, the two-story, clapboarded former parsonage constructed in 1900, and a small single-story, structure connecting the two. The church building is a broad-fronted, structure with a gable roof, covered in clapboard. A pyramid-roofed, square tower is located at one corner. The building measures forty-eight feet wide by eighty-three feet deep, of which half consists of additions constructed after the original 1975 church was built. Next to the tower is a triple-arch entranceway below a circular, stained glass gable window.</p><br>
<p>Park Church is a historic church at 10 E. Park Place, NE in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The congregation that eventually became the Park Church was organized in 1836 as a Presbyterian congregation with twenty-two members. In 1839, the church reorganized as the First Congregational Church of Grand Rapids. In 1840, the congregation purchased a church building originally constructed in 1837 for the local Catholic parish, but which the parish had not been able to afford. By 1867, the congregation had outgrown this building, and they sold it in preparation for constructing a new church. They selected A. Barrows of Adrian, Michigan, about whom almost nothing is known, as the architect. Ground was broken in 1868, and the church was completed in 1869 at a cost of $75,000.</p><br>
<p>A fellowship hall was added to the church in 1915, and the sanctuary was refinished in 1930 by Ralph Adams Cram.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Park Church is a white-yellow brick Gothic structure consisting of three sections: the original 1868-69 church, the 1915 Fellowship Hall, and a 1950 addition which wraps around the sanctuary&#39;s front and sides. The 1868-69 church is a stone-trimmed, brick structure measuring 132 by 70 feet. It has an asphalt roof, replacing the original slate one. A buttressed tower topped by an octagonal belfry is located at one corner. The belfry has louvered, pointed openings, and is topped by paneled parapets, replacing the original spire and pinnacles. The original church facade contained a Gothic portal flanked by secondary entrances, but these have been covered by the addition. The 1915 fellowship hall is a two-and-one-half-story, rectangular structure with a hip roof and a small corner tower. The 1950 narthex addition was designed to harmonize as much as possible with the historic structure. It is a single-story wraparound structure surrounding the front and sides of the 1868-69 church.</p><br>
<p>The sanctuary also contains fourteen stained glass windows from the Tiffany Studios, which were installed between 1904 and 1938.</p><br>
<p>Grove Hill New Mission Church  is a historic church located at 5098 North West Bay Shore  in Omena, Michigan. It was constructed in 1858, designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1971, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1839, the Presbyterian Board of Missions sent the Reverend Peter Dougherty to the Grand Traverse area. He founded a mission located at what is now called Old Mission, Michigan. He organized a church, including both European and Native Americans, in 1843. In 1852, Dougherty and his mission moved to what is now Omena, establishing a "New Mission" there and constructing a mission and boarding school. In 1858, Dougherty commissioned three local carpenters to build this church, based on traditional New England church design. The church was used by the congregation until 1871, when financial difficulties forced the mission to close.</p><br>
<p>In 1885, the church was re-opened as a Congregationalist church. Since 1925, it has been used primarily in the summer months. It is still used as the Omena Presbyterian Church.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Grove Hill New Mission Church is a rectangular frame front-gable structure sided with white clapboard. The roof is covered with shingles, and is capped with a square steeple. It measures approximately 35 ft by 48 ft, and has a shed-roofed addition at the rear. The front entrance is covered with a triangular pediment supported by two pillars.</p><br>
<p>Saint Joseph&#39;s Catholic Church is a church located at 5899 County Road 669 near Maple City, Michigan and east of Glen Arbor, Michigan. It was constructed in 1884 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1853, a group of Bohemian immigrants resettled from Chicago to the area near Good Harbor Bay. The Catholic community were served by itinerant missionary priests several times a year, holding mass in private homes. One of these itinerant priests was Ignatius Mrak, who had established a mission nearby at Peshawbestown. Mrak went on to become Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette, succeeding Frederic Baraga. Mrak resigned his post in 1878, and in 1884 returned to the Bohemian community and established a church-building committee. Construction of the church began that year, but the building was not completed until 1886, and was consecrated by Bishop Henry Richter of the newly formed Diocese of Grand Rapids in 1888.</p><br>
<p>The church remained a mission church throughout its life, never having a resident priest. It was, and still is, the only church in the relatively unpopulated Cleveland Township. A tower and bell were added in 1899, and small additions to the rear were constructed in the 1940s. In 1951, St. Josephs became a mission of Saint Ritas in nearby Maple City. Saint Josephs was used by the Catholic congregation until 1970, when the Saint Joseph parish was merged with Staint Ritas.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The St. Joseph Catholic Church is a vernacular wood-frame building, covered with clapboards, with a metal-clad gable roof and on a concrete block foundation. A three-part tower, defined by sawtooth-cut, vertical-board frieze bands, is located in the center of one gable. The upper section of the tower contains a belfry topped with a pyramidal roof. At the rear of the church on each side are two small additions dating from the 1940s.</p><br>
<p>The sides of the church each contain four, pedimented, four-over-four windows. The main door is in the bottom of the tower. Above the door in the gable is a small lozenge-shaped window.</p><br>
<p>The interior contains a small narthex with tongue-and-groove boarding, a rectangular nave with tray ceiling, and a polygonal apse. The ornate altarpiece is against the back wall of the apse. Varnished wood doors open off either side of the sanctuary. One leads to the confessional, and the other to a closet room for the priest.</p><br>
<p>St. Augustine Catholic Church and Cemetery is a historic site in Hartland, Michigan. It is associated with Fr. Patrick O’Kelly, a missionary priest who was active in Southeastern Michigan. The church was built in 1843 and added to the National Register in 1996.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The first settlers in this part of Livingston County arrived in the early 1830s. Many of these early settlers were Catholic, and in 1843 the Rev. Patrick O&#39;Kelly established the Saints Peter and Paul parish, which is now St. Augustine Church. Kelly was born near Kilkenny, Ireland in 1802 and came to America in 1821. He came to Detroit in 1829 and served various parishes around the diocese before being appointed as pastor of Oakland and Livingston counties in 1843 and founding St. Augustine.</p><br>
<p>In 1843, Kelly purchased two acres near this site for a church and cemetery. A frame church was constructed in 1846. In 1857, the parish purchased two acres of adjacent land and built a rectory. About 1870 the church changed its name to the current St. Augustine. In the early 1890s, Father George J. Maurer oversaw the construction of the present church, which was completed in 1895. He hired architect Harry J. Rill of Detroit to design the building. After completion of the new church, the old frame structure was demolished. In 2018, the church congregation celebrated its 175th anniversary, and is still using the 1895 building.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Saint Augustine Church is a rectangular red brick Gothic Revival building on a high foundation of random ashlar, which extends to the base of the windows. Window sills and caps, keystones, and beltcourses are made of yellow Berea sandstone. There is a square tower at one corner of the front facade; the ashlar extends further up this tower. The opposite corner of the facade contains a slightly projecting end bay with a side-facing gable at the top, creating some visual balance to the tower. It has a high gable roof with a large round window in the facade gable, below a pointed-arch tracery pattern at the top of the gable. The side walls have four pointed-arch windows on either side, separated by piers. Cornices, Gothic "tracery" treatment in the front gable, and hood moldings are made of galvanized iron.</p><br>
<p>A vestibule containing the entry, added in 1963, projects from beneath the round window. Inside, the vestibule area contains staircases leading to the basement, and access to the original front entrance, through which a small lobby opens into the nave. A small passage leads to the tower, which contains stair up to the choir level. The nave is rectangular in form, except for a shallow, space in the center of the far end which contains the main altar. To either side of this space are square rooms containing the sacristies.</p><br>
<p>Around the church are two plots of land containing cemeteries. A smaller plot, where the original frame church was constructed, contains the "old" cemetery&gt; A larger plot, near the present church, contains the "new" cemetery, with graves dating from the 1910s.</p><br>
<p>Our Saviour&#39;s Evangelical Lutheran Church, also known as the Danish Lutheran Church, is a historic church located at 300 Walnut Street in Manistee, Michigan. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The building is the oldest existing Danish Lutheran church in the United States.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Ground was broken on this church, then named the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Church in May 1868, with construction done by Christian Petersen. However, construction money ran out, and the church building was not completed until the next year. The first worship service was held in the church on August 1, 1869, but the church still lacked a church tower, ceiling, organ, and pews. These were added slowly, with the tower being dedicated in 1888.</p><br>
<p>However, doctrinal disputes within the greater Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Church caused Swedes and Norwegians to form their own denominations, and in 1875, the congregation in Manistee renamed their church the Danish Lutheran Church in Manistee. In 1924, it was renamed Our Saviour&#39;s Evangelical Lutheran Church, and it operated until 1962 when the Danish Lutheran Church merged with other Scandinavian denominations. The church is open to visitors in the summer and includes a museum about the Danish-American history of Manistee County, Michigan.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Our Saviour&#39;s Evangelical Lutheran Church is a rectangular structure measuring 50 feet by 32 feet by 18 feet. It contains nine windows: three on each side and three in front. With classic Danish architectural influences, the church featuring an elaborate hand carved altar.</p><br>
<p>St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, now used as the Menominee County Historical Museum, is a historic church at 904 11th Avenue in Menominee, Michigan. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1981.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The St. John the Baptist parish in Menominee was the oldest religious organization on the Menominee River in Michigan. It was founded in 1872, and the first church building was completed in 1873. In 1919, the parish hired architect Derrick Hubert, a member of the parish, to design this church building as a replacement. The old church was demolished in 1921, and the new St. John the Baptist Church building was built in 1921–22. The church was used by the parish until parish mergers in 1972. The building is now used as the Heritage museum of the Menominee County Historical Society.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>St. John the Baptist Catholic Church is a Late Gothic Revival building, constructed of red brick on a stone and reinforced-concrete foundation. The church has a gable roof, a square tower projecting from the facade, and a rectangular wing to the east. The water table, window sills, and hood moldings are constructed from concrete, while other decorative elements are made from galvanized iron. The front gabled facade of the church is divided into three sections by buttresses. The center section contains a Tudor-arch double door entrance, above which is a low, three-sided, pointed-arch window. The bays to each side contain single Tudor-arch windows. A five-sided apse at the rear of the building once housed the sanctuary. The stained glass windows in the church were reportedly made in Munich, Germany.</p><br>
<p>Inside, the central front entrance leads into a terrazzo-floored narthex; from there, there are three doors into the nave. The nave has a reinforced concrete floor and a ceiling which coves at the side walls and slopes upward toward the center from either side. A balcony projects from the rear. The former sanctuary floor is raised one step above the nave floor. The altars were removed when the church was closed, but the main altar&#39;s marble base remains. Most pews have been removed from the nave, and the space holds museum exhibits.</p><br>
<p>Sashabaw Presbyterian Church is a historic church located at 5331 Maybee Road near Clarkston, Michigan. The church is one of the oldest in the Detroit Presbytery and has served congregations for nearly 150 years. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1964 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1840, a local congregation was organized as a mission of the First Presbyterian Church in Pontiac. A schism soon resulted in the formation of the Church of Orion and Independence, which met in local schools. The society chose Pratt & Tuttle as contractors, and the congregation changed its name to the "First Presbyterian of Independence Township." A lot for construction was purchased, and the building was completed in 1856 for a total cost (including furnishings) of $3000. In 1917–18, the church was renovated, replacing the foundation and removing the steeple.</p><br>
<p>However, the church congregation remained small, and in 1932 it was dissolved. In 1946, the Sashabaw United Presbyterian Church was organized and began using this building as its home. In 1952, the church was lifted, and a new foundation with a basement laid. In 1958, the steeple and belfry, removed in 1917–18, were replaced. In the 1960s, a new meeting house was constructed nearby for the congregation, and the congregation moved there for worship services in the 1970s.</p><br>
<h2>Today</h2><br>
<p>The restoration of the historic 1856 church began in 2012 with a workshop on window restoration, held in conjunction with the DAR and the Clarkston Historical Society. Over the years, this building has served various community roles, including as a youth center, the original location of LightHouse North, and the staging area for the church&#39;s youth theater group.</p><br>
<p>Unfortunately, in 2017, the building began to suffer significant vandalism. In 2018, the Clarkston School District expressed interest in using the building as part of their new building and technology program and some work began in the fall of 2018. However, the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted this partnership, and by 2024, it became clear that the project would not be completed.</p><br>
<p>In response, the church formed a commission to determine the next steps. Sashabaw Presbyterian Church has since joined forces with the area stakes of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in a renewed effort to restore the building for the greater Clarkston community&#39;s use. This revitalized project launched on June 26, 2026, with a cleanup event that saw 87 volunteers from the two churches boarding up windows to prevent further vandalism and preparing the interior for restoration work.</p><br>
<p>Currently, the Historic Building Commission is raising funds to obtain architectural plans, a crucial step before beginning the restoration work.</p><br>
<p>If you are interested in supporting this project with your skills or by helping with fundraising efforts, please contact Sashabw Presbyterian Church (USA)</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Sashabaw Presbyterian Church is a small rectangular-plan Greek Revival clad in clapboard siding. It has a gable roof with flush-boarded pedimented treatment within the gable, sixteen-over-sixteen sash windows, and a small 1957 steeple. A rear addition is connected to the church.</p><br>
<p>The Huron Valley Council for the Arts  is a historic Victorian Gothic building at 205 West Livingston Road in Highland, Michigan, United States. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Highland Township purchased this building in 1981 and is now home to the Huron Valley Council for the Arts.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Methodist congregation in Highland was first organized in 1865, and met in the Hickory Ridge School. They continued to meet in the school house until 1886, when they had raised enough funds to build this structure. The church was built by local carpenters George and Lester St. John on three lots in Highland, donated by J. B. and Betsey Crouse, and was completed in late 1886. In 1946, the Hickory Ridge School (built in 1835) was moved to the site of the church and connected to serve as a parish hall. Another portion was added to the rear of the structure in 1957.</p><br>
<p>In 1980, the Highland Methodist Church moved down the street and the building was purchased by Highland Township, renovated and expanded, and put into use as a library in 1982. The structure is currently known as the Highland Station House and houses the Huron Valley Council for the Arts.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Huron Valley Council for the Arts, formerly the Highland United Methodist Church, is a rectangular Victorian Gothic structure with a gable roof, clapboard siding, and a projecting square tower at one corner, topped with a belfry and spire. The windows are tall and narrow, with original wooden louvered blinds on the exterior. Scrollsaw filigree decorates the window heads, the front gable, and the tower. A double-door entrance is on the base of the tower, and is sheltered by a hood.</p><br>
<p>The adjoining addition, originally the 1835 Hickory Ridge School, is a single-story, gable-roofed, wood-frame structure.</p><br>
<p>The St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church, Convent, and School is a historic church located at 46408 Woodward Avenue in Pontiac, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1987 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The parish of St. Vincent DePaul was established in 1851, covering all of Oakland County and parts of the surrounding counties. The first church used by the parish was located on North Saginaw Street in Pontiac. In 1866, the church moved to a location on Oakland Avenue at Lafayette. The church continued to grow, and in the 1880s, the Reverend Fridolin Baumgartner began raising funds for the construction of the present church. The congregation hired the Detroit architecture firm of Donaldson & Meier to design the church, and the cornerstone was laid on September 6, 1885.</p><br>
<p>The church was dedicated two years later, on September 18, 1887. A 6600-pound bell was installed in the church in 1890. A rectory was constructed in 1895, a school building was added in 1897, and a parish hall in 1911. The school was replaced with another structure in 1923, and a convent was added in 1926. The school operated until 1969, when it closed.</p><br>
<p>In 1999, the diocese merged the St. Vincent de Paul parish with two other local parishes (St. Joseph and St. Michael the Archangel) to form the St Damien of Molokai parish, following the beatification of Father Damien in 1995. The Belgian-born priest was known for his work for 16 years with Hawaiians with leprosy at a colony on Molokai. Father Damien was canonized as a Catholic saint in 2009, the tenth person recognized by the church in the United States. The St. Vincent de Paul church continues to serve the parish.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The St. Vincent DePaul Catholic Church complex contains St. Vincent&#39;s Church (1885), rectory (1895), parish hall (1911), St. Frederick School (1923), and the Convent (1926). The buildings are all located very close to each other, and are all constructed of brick with stone detailing. All buildings were designed by Detroit architects Donaldson & Meier. With similar styles and materials, the buildings of the complex blend together in a pleasing architectural group. Of the five buildings in the complex. only three - the church, the school, and the convent - were listed on the National Register. The other two buildings - the rectory and parish hall - have been altered substantially, and no longer resemble their original form.</p><br>
<p>The church is a brick Gothic Revival structure in a crucifix form, with an apse at one end and a tower with tall steeple on the front facade. Three doorways on the front have double doors within pointed arch openings, and a window above each entrance. A large double window with pointed arch containing two vertical stained glass panels is above the entry. Other stained glass windows are throughout the church.</p><br>
<p>St. Fredericks School is a three-story dark red brick Collegiate Gothic structure of mildly Elizabethan design with a symmetrical facade having projecting ends and a projecting center entrance. The entrance is in a recessed, pointed archway surrounded by stone. Above the entryway is a small square window, above which is inscribed "St. Fredericks School." Above is a third-floor double-window opening topped by a triangular parapet. The remaining window openings are rectangular and contain four double hung, four-over-four-light units. The nearby convent is an austere Collegiate Gothic three-story building with minimal cut stone detail around the door and window openings.</p><br>
<p>Third Reformed Church of Holland is a historic church at 111 W. 13th Street in Holland, Michigan. It was built in 1874 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Dutch immigrants first settled in Holland, Michigan in 1847, and they immediately established The First Reformed Church with the Reverend Albertus Van Raalte as pastor. Over the next few years, a second Reformed congregation was established, but by the mid-1860s, the continued influx of Dutch immigrants strained the capacity of both churches. By 1866, Van Raalte recommended that the First Reformed Church be split. In 1867, the Third Reformed Church was organized and construction started on a new church building at this site. The church building was dedicated on February 14, 1868.</p><br>
<p>However, on October 8, 1871, two-thirds of Holland was destroyed by forest fires which had been burning for several weeks in areas surrounding the town. The recently constructed church was one of the first buildings destroyed. The congregation resolved to rebuild, and hired local architect John R. Kleyn to design the building. Despite setbacks, the new church was dedicated on November 25, 1874.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Third Reformed Church is a balloon frame structure covered with vertical board and batten siding painted light gray. with brown trim. The side walls are supported by buttresses. The original section of the building measures 55 feet by 90 feet. A 15-foot square tower runs 125 feet in height. The foundation is made from sandstone.</p><br>
<p>St. John&#39;s Episcopal Church is a historic church in Saginaw, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>St. John&#39;s Episcopal Church was established in 1851. The original congregation met at the courthouse until 1853, when they constructed a small church, located near where the present structure is now located. By the 1880s, the church membership had outstripped the capacity of this building. In 1883, the congregation hired architect Gordon W. Lloyd to design a new building, and the cornerstone of the present church was laid. When the new building was finished, the church bell from the old building was installed in the new church. In 1887 and 1888, the congregation constructed a parish house and rectory at the site of the original 1853 building.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>St. John&#39;s Episcopal Church is a High Victorian Gothic structure made of yellow brick. The steeply pitched gable roof is clad with grey and yellow slate, and the windows make extensive use of stained glass. Two towers, a lower squared one and a teller hexagonally roofed one, balance the facade. Additional exterior moldings, tracery, and carvings provide details to the facade. Porticoes, buttresses, and gothic arched windows give the church a Gothic look.</p><br>
<p>The First Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 6505 Church Street in Cass City, Michigan. It was built in 1907 and added to the National Register in 2006.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Cass Citys First Presbyterian Church was organized in 1877, and initially held services in a small one-room schoolhouse. However, by March 1878 enough funds had been raised to begin work on a new building, located at this site. The new building, a wooden Gothic Revival structure, was dedicated in October 1878. In 1906, the original building was enlarged and reconstructed to make the church in its present form. The 1878 building was raised slightly and a basement constructed underneath, and the frame and roof structure was retained to serve as the basis for the new churchs rear section. A new front section and bell tower were constructed at the same time, and the new church was dedicated in early 1907. Around the same time, the church purchased an 1865 Henry Erben tracker organ, originally built for the First Presbyterian Church of Pontiac.</p><br>
<p>The church building continues to serve as the home of the First Presbyterian Church. Updates and restoration of the building have occurred in the 2000s.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The First Presbyterian Church is a T-shaped, cross-gable-roof auditorium church with a square-plan tower. Window openings are a combination of round and pointed-arch styles. The basement is largely above ground level, and is faced with brownish rock-face concrete block, while the upper portion is faced with buff-hued brick. The entrance is through the tower, at the head or a flight of stairs.</p><br>
<p>On the interior, a small narthex is in the tower, and a set of double doors lead to the auditorium. The floor of the auditorium slopes gently. The curved pews are set into three sections separated by aisles, ad facing a raised pulpit in one corner. A broad opening leads to a separate room, known as the annex. A series of stained and art glass windows installed as part of the 1906-07 reconstruction are installed in the windows.</p><br>
<p>Trinity Episcopal Church  is a historic church building at 106 Joy Street in Caro, Michigan, in Tuscola County in the Thumb region. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Trinity Episcopal Church congregation was organized in 1871. The congregation held services intermittently, and it was not until 1877 that they were organized and had regular services and a pastor. Construction began in 1881, and the church was completed before Christmas. The church thrived for many years, but in the 1920s the Episcopal congregation dwindled, and the church disbanded in 1929. The building was sold in 1934 to the Church of the Nazarene, which had been founded in 1916. This congregation occupied the church until 1974, when they constructed a new church.</p><br>
<p>The village or Caro planned to demolish the church. However, preservationists saved the church from demolition. The building was later acquired by the City of Caro and as of 2017 was used by the Thumb Area Center for the Arts. The building was in need of repair, and its future is uncertain.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Trinity Episcopal Church is a Gothic Revival frame church</p><br>
<p>On the interior is a vestibule with pointed windows, after which is the sanctuary. The sanctuary contains pews, doors, wainscoting, and window frames of dark wood. Wooden hammerbeam trusses support the gable roof above.</p><br>
<p>Dixboro United Methodist Church is a historic church located at 5221 Church Street in Dixboro, Michigan. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1971. It is significant as a nearly unaltered example of a mid-19th century Greek Revival-style church designed by a professional architect.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The first Methodist services in the village of Dixboro were performed in 1828. For the next 30 years, services were performed sporadically by circuit riders. Finally, in 1857, a group of Dixboro citizens met, elected a Board of Trustees, and authorized the building of a church for a price not to exceed $2500. The Board hired Ypsilanti, Michigan architect Abraham Cooper to design the church and Saline builder E. W. Ford to construct it. The building was completed in 1858, for a total cost of $2241.</p><br>
<p>In 1920, a basement was dug underneath the church and a furnace installed. In 1950-51, a wing was added and the cupola was shortened. In 1969, a second wing was added. Finally, in 1997-98, the structure was completely renovated, and the cupola was restored to its original height. The church is still used for weekly services.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Dixboro United Methodist Church is a single-story, frame, Greek Revival structure topped with a square cupola and belfry. It is clad in clapboard siding. The front facade is divided into four bays by Doric pilasters, and a pedimented portico shelters the entrance. The entrance is flanked by triple-hung sash windows, which continue on each side of the church.</p><br>
<p>St. Patrick&#39;s Parish Complex is a historic church building, with associated rectory and cemetery, located at Northfield Church and Whitmore Lake Roads in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1976. The complex is significant both because of its historical association with the early Irish Catholics in the area, and because of the architecturally important Gothic revival church.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In the early 19th century, a number of Irish Catholics began settling in this area of Michigan. In 1829, Kilkenny, Ireland native Father Patrick O&#39;Kelly was dispatched to the area to minister to the growing community. The property upon which the present church now stands was purchased in 1831, and a log structure was constructed to serve as the first parish church. The parish was originally named "St. Brigid," and is the oldest English-speaking Catholic parish in the state.</p><br>
<p>Construction on the current church building was begun in 1875 and completed in 1878; the parish was renamed "St. Patrick&#39;s" at that time. A rectory was added in 1889–90. In 1917, a tornado badly damaged both the church and the rectory; both were rebuilt. The church is still used for weekly services.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The St. Patrick&#39;s Parish complex contains a church with associated cemetery and rectory. The church is a red brick Gothic revival structure on a rough-hewn stone foundation. The façade of the church is symmetric, with a square central tower surmounted by an octagonal spire. The entrance is through a gabled projection at the base of the tower. A lancet window pierces the tower, and similar windows run along the building sides.</p><br>
<p>The nearby rectory is a two-story center entrance brick structure.</p><br>
<p>The Salem Methodist Episcopal Church  and associated Salem Walker Cemetery is a historic church and cemetery located at 7150 Angle Road, in Salem Township, Michigan with a postal designation of Northville, Michigan. The church and cemetery were added to the National Register in 1992 and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1991. The church is significant as one of the least-altered Greek Revival churches existing in the state of Michigan.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The first settlers in Salem Township arrived in 1825. The first burial in the Salem Walker Cemetery took place in 1834. The congregation of the Salem Methodist Episcopal Church formed in the mid-19th century, and met at various places in the township until the 25 members constructed a church adjacent to the cemetery in 1864. The congregation grew to about 60 by 1880, but later declined. Services continued at the church until 1912, after which the congregation abandoned it. In 1908, the Salem Walker Cemetery association founded to care for the cemetery and in 1930, it contacted the Methodist conference about purchasing the church. The next year, the Association purchased the church for $200. The church building is rented for weddings and other gatherings.</p><br>
<p>In 2012, scenes for the movie The Five-Year Engagement were filmed at the church.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Salem Walker Church is a single story Greek Revival structure built on a square plan and surmounted by a belfry. The nearby Salem Walker cemetery is enclosed by a 1909 ornamental fence.</p><br>
<p>Saline First Presbyterian Church is a historic church located at 143 E. Michigan Avenue in Saline, Michigan. It was added to the National Register in 1985</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1831, soon after the opening of the Erie Canal, a group of twelve Presbyterian families from Newark, New York pulled up stakes and headed westward to Detroit. The families settled in the area around what is now Saline, and immediately began holding church services. For a decade, these services were held in private homes, schools, or other meeting places; finally, in 1842, the Presbyterian congregation constructed a frame church on the site where the present church is located. This early church served the congregation until 1898, when the current church was constructed. The congregation hired Detroit architects Frederick H. Spier and William C. Rohns to design the church, and local contractor Conrad Schaffer and Son to build it. The structure and interior furnishings cost a total of $5,981.</p><br>
<p>New porches and steps were constructed in 1954, using stones quarried from the same location as the original stones were. In the mid-1970s, the building was extensively renovated both inside and out. The sanctuary was renovated and restored in 1998, and is still used for services.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Saline Presbyterian Church is a brick Romanesque Revival structure, built with an irregular plan on a heavy stone foundation. It has a gable roof and a large square corner tower topped with spires; a smaller round tower is located at the southeast corner. The south and east sides of the building feature large stained glass windows.</p><br>
<p>The Unitarian Universalist Church  is a historic church building at 100 N. State Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The First Unitarian Society of Ann Arbor was formed in 1865, and began worshiping in what was once the Methodist Church. In 1878, Dr. Jabez T. Sunderland arrived in Ann Arbor as the pastor of the First Unitarian Church. One of the first projects he tackled in his 20-year tenure was the construction of a new church building. Sunderland raised $19,000 toward the cost of the structure, and the congregation hired the Detroit architectural firm of Donaldson and Meier to design the building. Construction on the building began in 1881, with the stonework done by the Walker Brothers firm of Ann Arbor, and it was completed in 1882.</p><br>
<p>A student center addition was constructed in 1920. The Unitarian congregation used the building until 1946, when the congregation moved to Washtenaw Avenue. The Grace Bible Church congregation purchased the building that year and eventually leased the building to the Bible Church of True Holiness in 1971. Grace Bible Church moved to South Maple Road in 1975. The building was sold again in 1985 to D. B. Associates Ltd. which renovated the inside and outside of the then deteriorating building to house the architecture firm of Hobbs and Black, Associates, Inc. During renovation, an 1890s Tiffany window that had been covered over in the 1930s was discovered.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Ann Arbor First Unitarian Church is a two-story rectangular Richardsonian Romanesque structure constructed of ashlar decorated with bands of darker stone. The roof is cross-gabled, and a turreted square tower with a hip roof sits at the rear of the building.</p><br>
<p>Chadds Ford Historic District is a national historic district located at Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 17 contributing buildings in Chadds Ford village. Notable buildings include the Chads Ford Inn , Merchant Mill , a row of houses built between 1840 and 1850, the bridge across Brandywine Creek, and the Christian C. Sanderson Museum. Located in the district are the separately listed Chad House and N. C. Wyeth House and Studio.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.</p><br>
<p>Brandywine Summit Camp Meeting is a historic camp meeting and national historic district located at Concord Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The rural setting drew Methodists from nearby Wilmington, Delaware and West Chester. The district includes 76 contributing buildings near Chadds Ford village. The buildings are in a vernacular camp meeting style of architecture. The centerpiece of the community are the Tabernacle, built about 1884, and Pavilion, also dated to the 1880s. Most of the contributing buildings are cottages, built after the turn of the 20th century.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.</p><br>
<p>The Chester Heights Camp Meeting Historic District is a historic Methodist camp meeting and national historic district located in Chester Heights, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 101 contributing buildings, which were designed in the vernacular camp meeting style of architecture; additional notable examples of the Gothic Revival and Queen Anne styles also are present here. Public buildings include the contributing Tabernacle , Dining Hall , Youth Tabernacle (1909, and dormitory. Most of the contributing buildings are cottages, which were built roughly between 1876 and 1920.</p><br>
<p>In two separate incidents in 2011 and early 2012, the Tabernacle and multiple cottages were burned in arson incidents. In 2016 part of the property was sold to be developed as an apartment complex.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1872, an association of Methodists purchased land and incorporated under the title Chester-Heights Camp-Meeting Association.</p><br>
<h3>Placement of this district on the National Register of Historic Places</h3><br>
<p>The NRHP nomination application for the Chester Heights Camp Meeting Historic District was formally reviewed by Pennsylvania&#39;s Historic Preservation Board at its March 13, 2001 meeting at 9:45 a.m. at the State Museum in Harrisburg. Also considered for NRHP status at this time were the: Protection of the Flag Monument in Athens, Pennsylvania; Normandy Farm, George K. Heller School, and Upper Roxborough Historic District in Montgomery County; Awbury Historic District and Harris/Laird, Schober & Company Building in Philadelphia; Michael Derstine Farmstead in Bucks County; John Nicholas and Elizabeth Moyer House in Berks County; William Shelly School and Annex in York County; and the Zeta Psi Fraternity House in Northampton County.</p><br>
<p>The Chester Heights Camp Meeting Historic District was then officially added to the National Register of Historic Places later in 2001.</p><br>
<h3>Later history</h3><br>
<p>In 2011 and early 2012, the Tabernacle and multiple cottages were burned in two separate arson incidents. In 2016 part of the property was sold to be developed as an apartment complex.</p><br>
<p>The Henry Albertson Subdivision Historic District, also known as the Henry Albertson Plan and Henry Albertson Property, is an historic subdivision and national historic district which is located in Lansdowne, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>The district includes seventy contributing buildings which are located in a residential area of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. The subdivision consists of single and double houses, which were built between 1884 and roughly 1940, and were designed in a variety of popular architectural styles.</p><br>
<p>This historic district includes notable examples of the Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and Queen Anne styles, which are characterized by first stories made from stone, wood frame upper stories, and wooden porches.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.</p><br>
<p>The Lansdowne Park Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Lansdowne, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>This district includes 103 contributing buildings; the majority are residences. Eighty-one of the houses were built between 1889 and 1891, with Queen Anne as the dominant architectural style. The remaining houses were built between 1899 and 1913 and include notable examples of the Dutch Colonial Revival and Georgian Revival styles. The oldest house is the Dickenson Farmstead, a 2½-story dwelling built in 1732 and expanded in 1790. A notable non-residential building located in the district is St. John&#39;s Episcopal Church (1901); it closed in 2009.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.</p><br>
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<p>The Ivy Mills Historic District is a national historic district located in Concord Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. It encompasses the ruins of a paper mill , a clerk&#39;s house , and the Ivy Mills Mansion House . The mansion house is a 2 1/2-story, five bay wide, stuccoed masonry structure, which includes a saltbox wing and a wide verandah. The original paper mill was erected in 1729, and the original mansion house in 1744. Both of the original buildings were replaced in the early-19th century by the present buildings.</p><br>
<p>This district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The first output from Ivy Mills was pressboard and then printing paper. Thomas Willcox was a friend of Benjamin Franklin and was known to have made paper for him. Willcox received the first order for paper used in the production of colonial and continental currency. After 1775, the mill was devoted almost entirely to making government paper for the continental bills, loan certificates and bills of exchange. At the time of the American Revolution, the government depended entirely on Ivy Mills for paper for currency. The Ivy Mills supplied paper for the Continental and United States governments as well as many South American countries. Paper was produced at Ivy Mills until 1886. The mill gradually fell into ruins.</p><br>
<p>A mission chapel was established at Ivy Mills in 1730, making it the oldest Roman Catholic parish in Pennsylvania. In 1837, St. Mary&#39;s Chapel was built as part of the new Ivy Mills Mansion. Eventually the size of the congregation was sufficient to warrant the construction of a new church in 1852 named St. Thomas the Apostle Church a mile away in what would become the borough of Chester Heights.</p><br>
<p>This district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.</p><br>
<p>The Thornton Village Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Thornbury Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Situated in the crossroads at the intersection of Glen Mills and Thornton Roads in the village of Thornton, this district includes thirteen contributing buildings that were built between 1750 and 1855, some of which were created in the Federal style.</p><br>
<p>Among its structures, most of which face Glen Mills Road, are the Yellow House, one commercial building, seven residences, a converted blacksmith shop, a converted barn, three stables or carriage houses, and two frame sheds.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.</p><br>
<h2>Yellow House</h2><br>
<p>Over the years, the Yellow House has served as tavern, post office, general store, grocery, textile factory, and hair salon.</p><br>
<p>The Yellow House opened as an inn and tavern about 1750; the surrounding village was known by the same name until it changed to Thornton. The Yellow House was originally owned by George Pearce. One of the important clients of the Yellow House Inn was George Gray, owner of Grays Ferry over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. As the American Revolution proceeded, Gray moved his family away from Philadelphia to avoid the impending British Army occupation. Yet Grays family could hear cannons during the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777, and fleeing Continental Army troops came down the road right in front of the Yellow House. Gray&#39;s wife treated wounded soldiers in the Yellow House and later a group of Virginia soldiers signed a note of appreciation for her efforts.</p><br>
<p>In 1800, Thomas Charlton set up a hand loom in the Yellow House to make linen.</p><br>
<p>John King established the Thornton Post Office in the Yellow House in 1829. One of the first in its county not located on a post road, the Thornton Post Office is thought to be the oldest USA post office still in its original building.</p><br>
<p>In 1845, the Yellow House was purchased by William D. Pennell at a bankruptcy auction.</p><br>
<h2>Isaac Pyle House</h2><br>
<p>The Isaac Pyle House, a stone example of the Penn Plan, was built circa 1777.</p><br>
<h2>Caleb Hoopes House</h2><br>
<p>The Caleb Hoopes House is a two-story, four-bay building that was built circa 1790.</p><br>
<h2>Blacksmith House</h2><br>
<p>Built by Joseph Moore around 1805, this two-story, four-bay building reflects a style often referred to as "Pennsylvania Farmhouse".</p><br>
<h2>Beebe House</h2><br>
<p>George Beebe replaced his log cabin with this house, built circa 1851 to a similar plan as the Blacksmith House.</p><br>
<h2>William D. Pennell House</h2><br>
<p>This Gothic Revival-style house was built circa 1850.</p><br>
<p>Chester Creek Historic District is a national historic district located along the west branch of Chester Creek at Thornbury Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 52 contributing buildings and 5 structures associated with the early settlement and industrial development of the Chester Creek valley. Notable buildings and structures include the Yarnall Bank House, Locksley Mill and Manor House , John Edwards House, Glen Mills Station , Station House and Store , Willcox Mills , Workers&#39; Cottages , Daniel Broomall House, and the Hemphill House.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.</p><br>
<p>Concordville Historic District is a national historic district located at Concordville, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The district includes six contributing buildings in Concordville. Four of the buildings are the Newlin Tenant House, Concord Orthodox Meeting, Samuel Trimble House, and 1856 Brick House. The two remaining buildings are separately listed on the National Register; the Concord Friends Meetinghouse and Nicholas Newlin House.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<p>Sutton-Ditz House is a historic home and museum located in Clarion, Clarion County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1847, and remodeled in 1909–1910.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The house is a -story, brick Classical Revival style building on a sandstone foundation. It was originally built in the Greek Revival style. The front facade features a full -story, pedimented portico supported by Ionic order columns which was added during the 1909 remodeling. The exterior surface of polychrome Flemish bond brick was also added at this time.</p><br>
<p>Immediately north of the house is Memorial Park - formerly known as the Public Square, which has a Civil War monument and a modern gazebo. Immediately north of the park is the Clarion County Courthouse. Most buildings in the neighborhood were originally residences, but have been converted to commercial uses.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Thomas Sutton, Jr. (1815-1853) was a lawyer from Indiana County, Pennsylvania, who move to Clarion about 1846 with his new wife Anne. He built a small brick law office on the property a block south of the courthouse and then the house on the same lot. The law office has since been destroyed. He died six years after the house was built, and his widow lived in the house until 1862, when she sold it for $2,000 to William J. Reynolds. Other owners included C.C. Brosius (1872–74), Nathan Meyers (1874-92), his widow Sue Meyers (1892-1907), and John Reed (1907-1908).</p><br>
<p>John Ditz, a hardware merchant, bought the house in 1908 for $7,000 and remodeled it. Ditzs hardware business was successful but he lost money in the Florida land boom of the 1920s, and converted the house into "tourist rooms" in the 1930s while still living there. After his death in 1941, his wife Minnie owned the house and lived in it until her death in 1972 at age 92. The Clarion County Historical Society bought the house in 1975 and it now houses the Societys museum.</p><br>
<p>Anthony Wayne Cook Mansion is a historic home located at Cooksburg in Barnett Township, Forest County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was built in 1880, and is a three-story, irregularly shaped Queen Anne style dwelling. It features a two-story tower, multiple dormers, a front gable, and one-story porch. Also on the property is a contributing carriage house, ice house, and chicken coops.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>Fort Fizzle was a temporary military barricade in the western United States, erected by the USA Army in July 1877 in Montana Territory. Its purpose was to intercept the Nez Perce in their flight from north central Idaho Territory over Lolo Pass into the Bitterroot Valley of western Montana. The name describes the effectiveness of the fort.</p><br>
<h2>Background</h2><br>
<p>In the Nez Perce War of 1877, the USA Army defeated, but did not demoralize, the Nez Perce under Chief Joseph at the Battle of the Clearwater, July 11–12. Pursued by General O. O. Howard the Nez Perce, numbering about 200 warriors and 750 persons in total along with more than 2,000 horses, decided to flee across Lolo Pass into the Bitterroot Valley and onward to the Great Plains.</p><br>
<p>The Nez Perce were familiar with this region, having been frequent visitors while en route to the plains to hunt buffalo. Their leader Looking Glass persuaded the other Nez Perce leaders that they would be safe from the USA Army in Montana and that he could lead them to a safe refuge among his friends, the Crow Indians.</p><br>
<h2>The Army and the Nez Perce</h2><br>
<p>White settlers and USA Army soldiers in the Bitterroot Valley, informed by telegraph that the Nez Perce were coming their way, prepared to defend themselves. Captain Charles Rawn had only 35 soldiers to defend the valley. On July 23, two white youths who had been prisoners of the Nez Perce reported to Rawn that the Nez Perce were camped at Lolo Hot Springs, on the Montana side of the pass and only a few miles from the white settlements in the Bitterroot Valley. The youths had been released to bring a message from the Nez Perce that they wished to pass peacefully through the settlements. Rawn, however, was ordered to "compel the Indians to surrender their arms and ammunition, and to dispute their passage, by force of arms, into Bitterroot Valley."</p><br>
<p>On July 25, Rawn, his 35 soldiers and 50 civilian volunteers constructed a wooden barricade of logs and earth two or 3 mi below where the Nez Perce were camped and about 5 mi west of Lolo. On July 26, Rawn met with Looking Glass who requested to traverse the Bitterroot Valley without violence. Rawn demanded that the Nez Perce surrender their arms and ammunition and the meeting terminated without any decision.</p><br>
<p>The next day, 216 armed men, including 15 to 20 Flathead Indian scouts were gathered at the improvised fort and the Governor of Montana, Benjamin F. Potts, had arrived. Rawn and Looking Glass met again and each repeated their demands. When Rawn returned to the fort and said that he anticipated a battle with the Nez Perce, most of the volunteers left, declaring that "no act of hostility on their part should provoke the Indians." The next morning, July 27, less than 100 men were left to man the fort and oppose the Nez Perce. Governor Potts had also found reason to depart.</p><br>
<p>According to Chief Joseph, Captain Rawn agreed to allow the Nez Perce to pass through Bitterroot Valley in peace. Rawn never admitted making such an agreement.</p><br>
<p>The barricade where Rawn and his men were entrenched was in a constricted 200 yd wide passage in the Lolo Creek canyon, enclosed on both sides by precipitous ridges where "a goat could not pass." Nevertheless, on July 28 the Nez Perce – men, women, children, and livestock—climbed the ridges to the north and bypassed the barricade, leaving the defenders in their rear. Rawn and his soldiers exchanged a few shots with the Nez Perce on the ridge and then abandoned the fort and followed them down into the Bitterroot Valley at a safe distance. An advance party of soldiers bumped into the rear guard of the Nez Perce. Looking Glass exchanged friendly greetings with them. Fifty of the civilian volunteers stumbled into the Nez Perce camp and were captured, but were released after Looking Glass promised no violence against anybody. The soldiers retired to Missoula, the civilian volunteers disbanded, and the Nez Perce continued on their way south through the Bitterroot Valley, buying fresh horses, food, and supplies from local ranchers and farmers.</p><br>
<p>Thus, the makeshift fort acquired its name -- "Fort Fizzle."</p><br>
<h2>The aftermath</h2><br>
<p>The Fort Fizzle fiasco prompted volleys of charges and counter-charges of cowardice and ineptitude between and among the government and citizens of Montana and the USA government and its army. A volunteer explained that "we were not silly enough to uselessly incite the Indians to devastate our valley." Many Montanans, including the governor and fire-breathing journalists, began to comment favorably on the "bravery" and "audacity" of the Nez Perce and the wisdom of the citizens in avoiding an armed encounter.</p><br>
<p>However, the respite from war of the Nez Perce was brief. Lulled into complacency by their peaceful passage through the Bitterroot Valley, they were attacked on August 9 by Colonel John Gibbon and 200 men in the bloody Battle of the Big Hole.</p><br>
<p>A portion of the fort has been reconstructed at Fort Fizzle Historic Site, adjacent to USA Route 12, several miles west of Lolo. At an approximate elevation of 3,350 ft above sea level, the site parallels the historic Lolo trail once used by the Nez Perce, Salish, and Kootenai tribes and Lewis and Clark. Lewis and Clark&#39;s westbound expedition ascended Lolo Creek in mid-September 1805, and they revisited the area on their way back east in late June 1806.</p><br>
<p>American Fork Presbyterian Church  is a historic church in American Fork, Utah, United States that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Gothic Revival church building is located at 75 North 100 East and was constructed in 1879. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is significant as the first Protestant church in American Fork.</p><br>
<p>Two meetinghouses of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Church) in American Fork are also NRHP-listed.</p><br>
<p>The 1984 movie Footloose filmed most of the movie&#39;s church scenes in the church.</p><br>
<p>As of 2012 the congregation is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA).</p><br>
<p>Trinity A.M.E. Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal Church building at 239 E. 600 South in Salt Lake City, Utah.</p><br>
<p>The Trinity A.M.E. Church was Utah&#39;s first black congregation, started in the 1880s. After years of meeting in homes and rented buildings, and one unsuccessful attempt to build a church, the congregation was able to buy this property in 1907 with money donated by Mary Bright, a cook who had made her fortune in Leadville, Colorado. The building was built in 1909 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.</p><br>
<p>Magna Community Baptist Church  is a historic church at 2916 S. 8900 West in Magna, Utah. It was built during 1928-33 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>It was then deemed "significant as the first and only Protestant church building constructed in the town of Magna and for its important role in the religious affairs in the community."</p><br>
<p>The building has had its cupola removed and is now used as a multi-family dwelling.</p><br>
<p>Corinne Methodist Episcopal Church  is a historic church at the corner of Colorado and S. 600 Streets in Corinne, Utah. It was one of the first churches in Corrinne, a town established by non-Mormons in the overwhelmingly Mormon Utah Territory. It was the first Protestant building in Utah as well as the first Methodist church in Utah. The church was completed in 1870, and was part of efforts by main-line Protestants to convert Mormons.</p><br>
<p>The one-story brick church measures about 27 ft by 50 ft. The stone foundation is strongly battered, with short piers or pilasters at the corners. The interior is a single room, with a low platform opposite the entrance. The single door is set in a Gothic arch. Lancet windows flank the entrance, set in Gothic arched openings. A later wooden vestibule obscures the entry. A narrow lancet is set into the front gable. The shingle roof has a small wooden bell tower over the entry.</p><br>
<p>The Corinne Methodist Episcopal Church was built in 1870 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.</p><br>
<p>The Green River Presbyterian Church, also known as Green River Bible Church, is a historic Presbyterian church at 134 W. Third Avenue in Green River, Utah. The Late Gothic Revival building was constructed in 1906. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>It was deemed architecturally significant at the local level as an excellent example of the Victorian Gothic style. It is also historically significant as the first church built in the town and as an important early example of the "community church" phase of Protestant church activity in Utah that was then predominantly inhabited by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.</p><br>
<p>Mt. Carmel School and Church – also known as the Historic Rock Church – is an historic church building  and school located along USA Route 89 in the Mount Carmel community in what is now part of the town of Orderville, Utah, United States. On October 20, 1987, it applied to be included on the National Register of Historic Places .</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The historic rock church in Mount Carmel was used to school the children living in the Mount Carmel area. The log building was built in 1880 and used as a church, school house and recreation hall. In 1890 it was converted into the stone structure.</p><br>
<p>In 1919 it burned down. In 1923 it was rebuilt, this time with rock. After the small building was rebuilt, the rock structure was used almost entirely as a church. The children who once attended school in the log building rode to nearby Orderville in a covered wagon each day to attend school. The Historic Rock Church was added to the NRHP November 20, 1987.</p><br>
<p>St. Christophers Episcopal Mission  is a historic Episcopal church 1.7 miles of Bluff, Utah. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.</p><br>
<p>The property includes three contributing buildings and eight noncontributing buildings plus small structures. It is located across the San Juan River from the Navajo reservation which it served. A narrow suspension footbridge across the river allowed Navajo children to come to attend school at the mission, is not included in the property. A cemetery is also outside the property.</p><br>
<p>The primary historic building is the mission house, built from about 1943 to about 1951.</p><br>
<p>The Manti Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 185 S. Main St. in Manti, Utah. The Gothic Revival building was constructed in 1881 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<p>The church was designed by Salt Lake City architect Peter Van Houghton at no charge. It is a tall one-story building made of oolite stone. It has Gothic Revival details. It has a gable roof and a stone tower surmounted by a wooden belfry.</p><br>
