Church of Our Saviour, Friend of Children
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| Location | North Shore Rd., Payment Settlement on Sugar Island, near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 46°31′38.66″N 84°9′4.51″W / 46.5274056°N 84.1512528°W |
| Built | 1856-57 |
| Built by | Michael G. Payment |
| NRHP reference No. | 82002831[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | July 08, 1982 |
| Designated MSHS | January 19, 1978[2] |
Church of Our Saviour, Friend of Children, also known as Holy Angels Roman Catholic Church, is a church located on North Shore Road on Sugar Island, near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1978[2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
History
Michael G. Payment was born in
Ojibwe people, establishing a successful trading post. Beginning in 1853, Bishop Frederic Baraga was a frequent visitor to the settlement, and in 1856 Baraga purchased lumber and requested that Michael Payment construct a church at the site. Payment complied, and the building was completed in 1857.[2]
Michael Payment returned to Detroit in 1874,[3] but regular services were held at the church[4] until it closed in 1953.[2] The church reopened in 1982 for services in the summer.[2] It is the last remaining structure from Payment's Landing.[2]
Description
Church of Our Saviour, Friend of Children is a single story frame structure sitting on a
weatherboarding was installed over the original siding.[2] The church has a gable roof with a square, pyrimidal-roofed belfry at the top. Each side has three windows, and one end has an entry portico below a plain wooden cross.[2]
See also
- Catholicism portal
Michigan portal
National Register of Historic Places portal
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i State of Michigan (2009). "Church of Our Saviour, Friend of Children". Historic Sites Online. Michigan State Housing Development Authority. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Barnard, F. A. (1878). American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men: Michigan Volume, Part 1. Western Biographical Publishing. p. 112.
- ^ "Sacred Heart, Sugar Island". Diocese of Marquette. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
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