Pokagon Township in Dowagiac in Cass County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
The Old Rugged Cross Church
Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, March 9, 2023
1. The Old Rugged Cross Church Marker
The Old Rugged Cross Church has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
1876
Erected 2002 by United States Department of the Interior.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Churches & Religion. A significant historical year for this entry is 1876.
Location. 41° 54.722′ N, 86° 10.448′ W. Marker is in Dowagiac, Michigan, in Cass County. It is in Pokagon Township. Marker is at the intersection of Vermont Street and Kansas Street, on the right when traveling north on Vermont Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 61041 Vermont Street, Niles MI 49120, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Methodist Episcopal Church / The Old Rugged Cross (within shouting distance of this marker); "The Old Rugged Cross" (within shouting distance of this marker); Sumnerville Mounds / Sumnerville Cemetery (approx. 1.6 miles away); Morris Chapel Church (approx. 3.8 miles away); Howard Township Hall (approx. 3.9 miles away); Union Church and Cemetery (approx. 5.2 miles away); Dowagiac World War I Memorial
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1. National Register of Historic Places Entry. Excerpt:
The Original Old Rugged Cross Church is a rectangular, two-story vernacular late nineteenth-century building with agable roof and small gabled vestibule in the center of the tall, narrow facade. Created by an 1876 enlargement andremodeling of a circa 1862 hop bam, the building has a length of ninety feet and width of twenty-eight feet.Horizontal bevel-edge whitewood siding clads the building's walls, and door and window openings in the front andsides display triangular heads, except for a square-head entry way and lunette above it in the front of the projectinggabled vestibule. The interior contains a flat-ceilinged sanctuary or auditorium occupying the larger part of the space,and, at the back, a first-floor kitchen area with a Sunday school room above it. The church is undergoing restorationafter more than eighty years of disuse and neglect.(Submitted on March 11, 2023, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan.)
2. The Old Rugged Cross. Excerpt:
The Old(Submitted on March 11, 2023, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan.)Rugged Cross" is a popular hymn written in 1912 by American evangelist and song-leader George Bennard (1873–1958).Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, March 9, 20232. The Old Rugged Cross Church Marker
Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, March 9, 2023
3. The Old Rugged Cross Church
Photographed By J.T. Lambrou, March 9, 2023
4. An additional Old Rugged Cross Marker
Photographed By Unknown, Unknown
5. George Bennard (1873–1958)
Published in 1915, the song was popularized during Billy Sunday evangelistic campaigns by two members of his campaign staff, Homer Rodeheaver (who bought rights to the song for $50 or $500
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Credits. This page was last revised on March 13, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 11, 2023, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. This page has been viewed 115 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on March 11, 2023, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
