First (Park) Congregational Church

First (Park) Congregational Church is a Michigan historical marker in Grand Rapids, Kent County, dedicated 1985.

Kent County · dedicated 1985 · 10 East Park Place NE, Grand Rapids

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On September 18, 1836, twenty-two persons founded one of the first Protestant congregations in Grand Rapids. Initially a Presbyterian parish, it was reorganized under the Congregational polity in 1839. The congregation occupied a former Roman Catholic chapel from 1842 to 1869. The present brick Gothic structure, completed in 1869, is the second oldest existing church building in the city. Additions were made in 1916 and 1950. The church was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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