1925 - Shrine of the Black Madonna - Detroit, MI
N 42° 21.783 W 083° 06.117
17T E 326910 N 4692226
The Shrine of the Black Madonna of the Pan African Orthodox Christian Church, the location of many Civil Rights events in the 1960s, was built in 1925 and added to the NRHP in 2021.
Waymark Code: WM1C647
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 06/12/2025
Views: 1
The church building is a two-story, rectangular structure made from red brick with stone trim. The front-gabled roof is covered with asphalt shingles and topped with a bell tower located at the center front. A two-story Doric portico, topped with a pediment, runs across the front. A projecting section under the portico contains paired entry doors. Above the entry is a triple window, and to either side of the entry bay are narrow vertical window openings on the first floor. The second floor contains window openings on wither side of the portico.
The nearby church hall is a two-story, rectangular structure made from red brick with stone trim. It is five bays wide, with each bay containing paired windows on both floors. The center three bays project slightly and are outlined with quoining. The church and hall are connected with a narrow, single-story kitchen.-
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