The First Congregational Church

The First Congregational Church is a Michigan historical marker in Charlevoix, Charlevoix County, dedicated 2011.

101 State Street, Charlevoix

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The First Congregational Church was formed in 1882. Members purchased this lot in 1883, and the building was completed in 1885. Church women held social fundraisers to help finance its cost. The building features rare Stick style motifs. The church installed the stained glass windows in 1884 and the half-ton bell made of Michigan copper and Banca tin in 1886. It added a wing in 1904 and a fellowship hall in 1970.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1873 · Michigan. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Colton's Michigan (1874) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1878 · Michigan. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1897 · Southern Michigan. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1907 · Map of the original swamp areas of the lower peninsula of Michigan. : 1907. Compiled from… (University of Michigan Library)

Colton's Michigan (1874), 1874, covering the location of The First Congregational Church, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Colton's Michigan (1874), 1874, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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