Built 1910 NRHP Reference # 82002920 Opened 1910 Added to NRHP 3 August 1982 | Architectural style Other Designated MSHS August 12, 1983 Phone +1 313-868-5866 | |
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MPS Religious Structures of Woodward Avenue Thematic Resource Similar First United Methodist Church, Grace Evangelical Lutheran, Trinity United Methodist, North Woodward Congreg, Saint Andrew's Memorial | ||
The Park United Presbyterian Church is located at 14 Cortland Street (at the intersection with Woodward Avenue) in Highland Park, Michigan. It was built in 1910 as the Highland Park Presbyterian Church, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1983. It is a member of The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
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History
The Highland Park Presbyterian Church was established in 1893 as a mission church of the First Presbyterian Church of Detroit. Three years later a small chapel was built on the site of the present church. However, the congregation grew to over two hundred members, and the present building was constructed from 1910 to 1911.
Architecture
The church is 110 feet long and 85 feet wide, and is constructed in a Tudor Gothic style from red brick with limestone trim and red terra cotta roof tiles. The main section of the church contains an oversized stained-glass window and a square, buttressed, flat-roofed, corner tower with a louvered belfry is located on the south side. A gabled wooden porch covers the entrance. Set back from the main block is the gabled educational wing. A parsonage, built in 1905, sits behind the church on Cortland Street.