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Kolping Chapel

Macomb County · dedicated 1997 · 47277 Sugar Bush Road, Chesterfield

Father Joseph Wuest established the Detroit Chapter of the Catholic Kolping Society in 1926. Wuest inscribed “Honor by means of untiring work” on a plaque for this chapel, which he built in 1932. Constructed of stones and shells sent from Kolping societies, churches and missions worldwide, the Neo-Gothic chapel is reminiscent of European wayside shrines. Father Adolph Kolping founded the society in 1846 to benefit German tradesmen and their families.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Michigan History Center

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