Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Sion Church

Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Sion Church is a Michigan historical marker in Bay City, Bay County, dedicated 1990.

Bay County · dedicated 1990 · 501 South Catherine Street, Bay City

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During the 1870s, Swedish immigrants arrived in Bay County. By 1880 many Swedes had settled in West Bay City. In October of that year, fifty people organized the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Sion Church, affiliated with the Augustana Synod. A year later, a church and parsonage were built here on land donated by lumberman Henry W. Sage. In 1938 the church was renamed Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church. The present building was completed in 1956.

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