First United Methodist Church (Highland Park, Michigan)


First United Methodist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
First United Methodist Church, seen from across Woodward
Location	16300 Woodward Avenue Highland Park, Michigan
Coordinates	42°24′54.8″N 83°6′11.37″W / 42.415222°N 83.1031583°W / 42.415222; -83.1031583Coordinates: 42°24′54.8″N 83°6′11.37″W / 42.415222°N 83.1031583°W / 42.415222; -83.1031583
Built	1916
Architect	William E. N. Hunter
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival, Other
MPS	Religious Structures of Woodward Ave. TR
NRHP Reference #	82002918^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 3, 1982

The Soul Harvest Ministries is located at 16300 Woodward Avenue in Highland Park, Michigan. It was built in 1916 as the First United Methodist Church and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

History

In 1868, a frame chapel for interdenominational services was built behind where the First United Methodist Church currently stands.^[2] Membership in this church declined in the 1880s, and the structure became an Episcopal chapel in 1885. In 1892, the chapel was sold to the Methodists for $1 (and assumption of the church debt).^[2]

The Methodist congregation received financial support from Michigan Senator Thomas Palmer and a retired Great Lakes sea captain, Thomas Stevens. This support allowed then to construct the present Gothic structure, which was built from 1916 to 1917.^[2] In 1956, the original frame chapel behind the present church was demolished, and a contemporary educational building was constructed.

Soul Harvest Ministries has occupied the building since 1995.^[3]

Architecture

The church is an Arts and Crafts influenced, Gothic-style structure, constructed from red brick and trimmed with limestone.^[2] The Woodward Avenue facade has gables and with banks of leaded windows, unified by projecting brick piers with limestone detailing. A square, flat-roofed tower with a louvered belfry graces the corner of the building. The main entrance is sheltered by a broad arch in the base of the tower.^[2] Throughout the interior of the church are tiled floors, Arts and Crafts style oak woodwork, and tapestry brick wainscoting inset with Pewabic tiles.^[2]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 3 4 5 6 First United Methodist Church from the State of Michigan
↑ Soul Harvest Ministries from Woodward Avenue

Highland Park, Michigan

Education

Primary and secondary schools	Highland Park Schools Highland Park Community High School (closed) Detroit Public Schools (for high school)

Other education	Highland Park Community College (closed)

Other

Religion	First United Methodist Church (Soul Harvest Ministries) Highland Park Presbyterian Church Trinity United Methodist Church

Other landmarks	Highland Park Ford Plant

This list is incomplete.

Religious landmarks in metropolitan Detroit

Religious landmarks along Woodward Ave. (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 Temple Baptist Church / King Solomon Baptist ChurchEpiscopal 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 Temple Baptist Church – King Solomon Baptist 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. Hugo in the Hills Catholic Church (Bloomfield Hills) 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 Thematic Resource

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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