Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church (Highland Park, Michigan)


Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church seen from across Woodward Avenue
Location	12375 Woodward Avenue Highland Park, Michigan
Coordinates	42°23′51.65″N 83°5′32.08″W / 42.3976806°N 83.0922444°W / 42.3976806; -83.0922444Coordinates: 42°23′51.65″N 83°5′32.08″W / 42.3976806°N 83.0922444°W / 42.3976806; -83.0922444
Built	1929
Architect	J. Adam Fichter
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
MPS	Religious Structures of Woodward Avenue TR
NRHP Reference #	82002919^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 3, 1982

The Prayer Temple of Love Cathedral is located at 12375 Woodward Avenue in Highland Park, Michigan. It was built in 1929 as the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

History

Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church was originally a mission on the west side of Detroit, known as the Detroit Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church.^[2] The congregation originally worshipped in built a frame Victorian Gothic chapel (built for the Highland Park Presbyterian congregation) one block south of the current site. The present cathedral was built from 1929 to 1930, and was used by the congregation until 1979, when the Grace Evangelical congregation sold their church building to an Apostolic African-American congregation.^[2] The building is now known as the Prayer Temple of Love Cathedral.

Architecture

The building is a relatively small, random ashlar, limestone, Neo-Gothic-style structure.^[2] It has a tall, gabled nave with lower side aisles extending back to gabled transepts. The entrance is flanked by shallow buttresses, and a large traceried Gothic window dominates the facade. A square, flat-roofed tower with louvered belfry is above the crossing where the nave meets the transepts.^[2] The roof is dark slate, contrasting with the masonry of the walls. At the rear of the church is the cross-gabled, Victorian Gothic structure which served the congregation until the present building was erected. A two-story, hip-roofed brick parsonage is also on the property.^[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 Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church from the state of Michigan

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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