Salem Church Marker

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Manchester in Washtenaw County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Salem Church

By Dave Wilcox, October 10, 2012

1. Salem Church Marker

Inscription. The Reverend Edward Weiss, a Washtenaw County circuit rider, organized an Evangelical class of fifteen members in 1874. They met in a school located two miles east of here. Two years later, trustees Herman Gieske, Lambert Gieske and Bernhardt Kuhl, on behalf of the Evangelical Association of North America, bought land from the Rowe family in the area known as Rowes Corners. Church members hauled brick and lumber to the site. Salem Church was dedicated in November 1876. The vernacular Gothic Revival church is similar to others built in the Midwest by nineteenth-century German congregations. Stained-glass windows were installed in the early twentieth century. The denomination merged with the United Brethren Church in 1946 and with the Methodist Church in 1968. That year this church was renamed Sharon United Methodist Church.

Erected 1993 by Bureau of History, Michigan Department of State. (Marker Number L0799.)

Location. 42° 11.496′ N, 84° 1.965′ W. Marker is in Manchester, Michigan, in Washtenaw County. Marker is at the intersection of East Pleasant Lake Road and Michigan Route 52, on the left when traveling east on East Pleasant Lake Road. Click for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 19980 Pleasant Lake Road, Manchester MI 48158, United States of America.

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By Dave Wilcox, October 10, 2012

2. Salem Church

At least 8 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Manchester War Memorial (approx. 3.4 miles away); Bethel Church (approx. 5.2 miles away); First Congregational Church (approx. 8.8 miles away); Chelsea / Chelsea Depot (approx. 8.9 miles away); The Welfare Building (approx. 8.9 miles away); Oak Grove Cemetery Civil War Memorial (approx. 8.9 miles away); Grass Lake / Michigan Central Railroad Depot (approx. 10.1 miles away); Dexter Area Civil War Memorial (approx. 12.5 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Manchester.

By Dave Wilcox, October 10, 2012

3. Salem Church

Credits. This page originally submitted on October 11, 2012, by Dave Wilcox of Jackson, Michigan. This page has been viewed 48 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 11, 2012, by Dave Wilcox of Jackson, Michigan. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.