St. Joseph's Episcopal Church | |
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| Location | 8850 Woodward Avenue Detroit,Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 42°22′52.17″N83°4′47.25″W / 42.3811583°N 83.0797917°W /42.3811583; -83.0797917 |
| Built | 1926 |
| Architect | James J. Nettleton |
| Architectural style | LateGothic Revival |
| MPS | Religious Structures of Woodward Avenue TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 82002909[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 3, 1982 |
St. Joseph's Episcopal Church, now known asSt. Matthew's-St. Joseph's Episcopal Church, is a historicEpiscopal church located at 8850Woodward Avenue inDetroit,Michigan, and is part of theEpiscopal Diocese of Michigan. It was added to theNational Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
This building was constructed in 1926 as a successor to theearlier St. Joseph's Episcopal Church at 5930 Woodward Avenue.[2] In 1971, St. Matthew's Episcopal, the second oldest African American congregation in Detroit,[3] merged with St. Joseph's.[2]
The church building is a typicalGothic structure built from dark coursedsandstone with light sandstone trim.[2] It has a narrow gablednave and projecting side aisles and projectingtransepts.[2] A largerose window faces Woodward,[3] sitting above a recessed entrance.[2] A tall, squarebell tower and parish house sit against the north transept.[2] The sides are buttressed, with Gothicclerestory windows.[2]
The architect, James J. Nettleton, was a member of the St. Joseph's congregation and graduate of the architecture program atCornell University.[4]
