Unitarian Universalist Church - Ann Arbor, Michigan
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N 42° 16.880 W 083° 44.434
17T E 274026 N 4684650
The old church building at State and Huron has been restored and is the offices of Hobbs and Black architects.
Waymark Code: WM87VH
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 02/16/2010
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The State of Michigan preservation website at (
visit link) tells us:
"The First Unitarian Church is a rectangular, two-story, parapeted front-gable Richardsonian Romanesque structure. Variegated rough ashlar walls are ornamented with dark stone band courses. The roof is broken by cross-gables and the rear facade is dominated by a projecting, massive, hip-roofed square tower and a single-story parapeted slope-roofed extension. Corner turrets soften the corners of the tower and each is topped by conical stone caps.
The First Unitarian Church is Ann Arbor's finest example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. The well-balanced use of ribbon arches and stone make the church an excellent representative of its class. First Unitarian was begun in 1881 according to plans by the prominent Detroit architectural firm of Donaldson & Meier and completed in 1882 by the local Walker Brothers contractors. A student center was added to the church in 1920. The church was purchased by Grace Bible Church in 1946 and leased to the Bible Church of True Holiness in 1971. The building is currently in use and is well maintained."
In addition, there is a mention of this building in an artice on the Unitarian Universalist church in the 1989 Ann Arbor observer at (
visit link) .