St. John's Episcopal Church is located at 2326
Woodward Avenue in
Detroit,
Michigan (at the corner of Woodward and the
Fisher Freeway service drive). However, the business address is 50 E Fisher Fwy, Detroit, MI. It is the oldest church still standing on Woodward. The church was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1987.
The parish of St. John's was organized in Detroit in 1858, primarily due to the efforts of
Henry Porter Baldwin, a successful merchant (who later became governor of Michigan and a United States senator). Porter purchased and donated a lot on the northern outskirts of Detroit at the corner of Woodward and High Street (now I-75). Porter also donated money to build a rectory and a 150-seat chapel, designed by Jordan and Anderson.
When the chapel was dedicated in 1859, it was already too small for the burgeoning congregation. A new Church was commissioned from Jordan and Anderson and quickly constructed; it was consecrated on December 10, 1861.
The church is unusual in using the traditional 1928 edition of the
Book of Common Prayer, in combination with the
Anglican Missal.
(Wikipedia)