St. Joseph's Episcopal Church | |
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| Location | 8850 Woodward Avenue Detroit, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 42°22′52.17″N 83°4′47.25″W / 42.3811583°N 83.0797917°W / 42.3811583; -83.0797917 |
| Built | 1926 |
| Architect | James J. Nettleton |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
| MPS | Religious Structures of Woodward Avenue TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 82002909[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 3, 1982 |
St. Joseph's Episcopal Church, now known as St. Matthew's-St. Joseph's Episcopal Church, is a historic Episcopal church located at 8850 Woodward AvenueinDetroit, Michigan, and is part of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
This building was constructed in 1926 as a successor to the earlier St. Joseph's Episcopal Church at 5930 Woodward Avenue.[2] In 1971, St. Matthew's Episcopal, the second oldest African American congregation in Detroit,[3] merged with St. Joseph's.[2]
The church building is a typical Gothic structure built from dark coursed sandstone with light sandstone trim.[2] It has a narrow gabled nave and projecting side aisles and projecting transepts.[2] A large rose window faces Woodward,[3] sitting above a recessed entrance.[2] A tall, square bell tower and parish house sit against the north transept.[2] The sides are buttressed, with Gothic clerestory windows.[2]
The architect, James J. Nettleton, was a member of the St. Joseph's congregation and graduate of the architecture program at Cornell University.[4]
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