First Presbyterian Church (Detroit, Michigan)

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First Presbyterian Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Michigan State Historic Site

First Presbyterian Church seen from across Woodward
Location:	Detroit, Michigan
Built:	1889
Architect:	George D. Mason
Architectural style:	Romanesque
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	79001174^[1]
Added to NRHP:	December 19, 1979
Designated MSHS:	August 3, 1979^[2]

The Ecumenical Theological Seminary is located at 2930 Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It was built in 1889 as the First Presbyterian Church, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1979.^[1]^[2]

1 Architecture
2 Current Use
3 Notes
4 References and further reading
5 External links

Architecture

George D. Mason modeled the First Presbyterian Church after Henry Hobson Richardson's Trinity Church in Boston.^[3] The church is made from rough-cut red sandstone, with the floorplan in the shape of a Greek cross. Masonry arches support a red sandstone tower with a slate roof with turrets at each corner. The stained glass windows of the church are exceptional, with many of Tiffany glass.^[3]

When Woodward was widened in 1936, the elaborately-carved entrance porch was moved from the Woodward facade to the Edmund Place side.^[3]

A State of Michigan historical marker was placed at the site on August 26, 1980.^[4]

Current Use

The building is currently used as the Ecumenical Theological Seminary. The Seminary was founded in 1980 (as the Ecumenical Theological Center).^[5] In 1992, the program leased the First Presbyterian Church for use as a seminary; in 2002 the Presbytery of Detroit gave the Ecumenical Theological Seminary the building, land and endowments of the Church.^[5]

Notes

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
^ ^a ^b "First Presbyterian Church". Michigan State Housing Development Authority. http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/15532.htm. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c First Presbyterian Church from Detroit1701.org.
^ First Presbyterian Church from michmarkers.com
^ ^a ^b History page from the Ecumenical Theological Seminary.

References and further reading

Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3.

External links

Ecumenical Theological Seminary

Religious landmarks in metropolitan Detroit

Woodward Avenue (address #)	St. John's Episcopal Church (2326) • Woodward Avenue Baptist Church (demolished) • First Unitarian Church (2870) • First Presbyterian Church (2930) • Temple Beth-El (3424) • Cathedral Church of St. Paul (4800) • Our Lady of the Rosary (5930) • Metropolitan United Methodist Church (8000) • First Baptist Church (8501) • Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church (8501) • North Woodward Congregational Church (8715) • Temple Beth-El (8801) • Saint Joseph's Episcopal Church (8830) • Central Woodward Christian Church (9000) • Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament (9844) • Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church (12375) • Trinity United Methodist Church (13100) • First United Methodist Church (16300) • Central United Methodist Church (23 East Adams) • First Congregational Church (33 Forest) • Highland Park Presbyterian Church (14 Cortland) • Mariners' Church (170 East Jefferson)

City	Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church • Cass Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church • Chapel of St. Theresa-the Little Flower • Christ Church Detroit • Fort Street Presbyterian Church • Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church • Historic Trinity Lutheran Church • Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church • Most Holy Redeemer Church • Sacred Heart Major Seminary • Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Convent and Rectory • St. Albertus Roman Catholic Church • St. Aloysius • Saint Andrew's Memorial Episcopal Church • Ste. Anne de Detroit Catholic Church • St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church (demolished) • St. Bonaventure Monastery • St. Catherine of Siena Roman Catholic Church • St. Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Church • St. Florian Church (Hamtramck) • St. James Episcopal (Grosse Ile) • St. John's-St. Luke's Evangelical • St. Josaphat's • St. Joseph Catholic Church • St. Mary Roman Catholic Church • Saints Peter and Paul Church • Saints Peter and Paul Academy • St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Roman Catholic Church • St. Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Church • St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church (demolished) • Second Baptist Church • Sweetest Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church • Trinity Episcopal Church • Trumbull Avenue Presbyterian Church

Suburban	Christ Church Chapel (Grosse Pointe) • Christ Church Cranbrook (Bloomfield Hills) • Detroit Temple, Church of the Latter Day Saints (Bloomfield Hills) • Duns Scotus College (Southfield) • Grosse Pointe Memorial Church (Grosse Pointe) • Islamic Center of America (Dearborn) • Kirk in the Hills (Bloomfield Hills) • National Shrine of the Little Flower (Royal Oak) • Nardin Park United Methodist Church (Farmington Hills) • Piety Hill Historic District (Lapeer) • St. John Armenian Church (Southfield) • St. Mary Church (Monroe) • Saint Paul Catholic Church (Grosse Pointe Farms) • Shaarey Zedek (Southfield) • Temple Beth El(Bloomfield Hills)

See also: Architecture of metropolitan Detroit

Religious Structures of Woodward Avenue TR

Structures in this TR	Central United Methodist Church (Detroit, Michigan) • St. John's Episcopal Church • Woodward Avenue Baptist Church • First Unitarian Church of Detroit • Temple Beth-El (3424) • Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Detroit • Saint Joseph's Episcopal Church (5930) • Metropolitan United Methodist Church • Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church • First Baptist Church of Detroit • North Woodward Congregational Church • Temple Beth-El (8801) • Saint Joseph's Episcopal Church (8830) • Central Woodward Christian Church • Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament • Highland Park Presbyterian Church • Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church (Highland Park, Michigan) • Trinity United Methodist Church • First United Methodist Church

Structures listed earlier	Mariners' Church • First Presbyterian Church (Detroit, Michigan) • First Congregational Church, Detroit, Michigan

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