First Baptist Church [of St. Clair]
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N 42° 49.385 W 082° 29.332
17T E 378296 N 4742243
Located on South 4th Street between Trumbull and Cass Streets. Streetside parking available.
Waymark Code: WMW86
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 10/23/2006
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The Reverend E. K. Grout, pastor of the Baptist church in China Township, also held services in St. Clair's log courthouse. On November 5, 1848, Grout and seven other people organized a local congregation. Around 1852 the first meeting house was built here on land donated by the village board of supervisors. That church burned in 1870. The present Romanesque inspired church was erected three years later. In 1974 citizens bought the church and gave it to the city of St. Clair for a community center.
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