First Congregational Church (Detroit, Michigan)

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First Congregational Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
First Congregational Church from across Woodward
Location:	Detroit, Michigan
Coordinates:	42°21′19″N 83°3′46″W / 42.35528, -83.06278Coordinates: 42°21′19″N 83°3′46″W / 42.35528, -83.06278
Built/Founded:	1891
Architect:	John Lyman Faxon; Albert Kahn
Architectural style(s):	Other, Romanesque
Added to NRHP:	June 04, 1979
NRHP Reference#:	79001173[1]
Governing body:	Private

The First Congregational Church is located at 33 E. Forest (on the corner of Forest and Woodward Avenue) in Detroit, Michigan.

The angel Uriel atop the First Congregational Church.

[edit] History^[2]

The First Congregational Church of Detroit was established on December 25, 1844. Two church buildings were built near the Detroit river. The third building was constructed at the present site in 1891, and was designed by architect John Faxon. An addition to the church, known as the Angel's Wing, was constructed in 1921 by Albert Kahn.

[edit] Architecture^[3]

The church is designed in the Richardson style, using rough-hewn, warm red limestone. The Woodward facade has a five-bay loggia, with a parapeted front gable. Above that are rounded windows with tracery framed by a rounded arch. The church also features a 120-foot campanile with many narrow arcades. The church is topped by an 8-foot copper figure of the Archangel Uriel.

The church is patterned after churches found in Venice and Ravenna. The sanctuary boasts carved wood, ceiling portraits, rose windows and sumptuous colors.^[2]

[edit] External links

• First Congregational Church website

[edit] References

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