Midtown in Detroit in Wayne County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Cathedral Church of St. Paul / Interfaith Emergency Center
Cathedral Church of St. Paul
In 1824 the Reverend Richard Cadle led the founding of St. Paul's Church, the first Episcopal church in Michigan. St. Paul's purchased property here in 1892, and construction of this Gothic Revival style cathedral, designed by Ralph Adams Cram, began in 1908. Detroit's Pewabic Pottery fashioned the large installation of ceramic floor tile inside the cathedral. In 1911 Bishop Charles D. Williams dedicated the cathedral. St. Paul's partnered with WWJ. The Detroit News' radio station, in 1922 to become one of the first churches in Detroit to broadcast its services live. Influential Detroit leaders, including Governors Stevens T. Mason and G. Mennen Williams, were members of the congregation. On April 10, 1947, St. Paul's held Henry Ford's funeral. Some twenty thousand people attended.
Interfaith Emergency Center
On the second day of the uprising of 1967, Detroit Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant leaders united to create the Interfaith Emergency Center in an effort to bring emergency supplies and food to people and areas affected by the violence. The Cathedral Church of St. Paul became the Interfaith Emergency Center's headquarters. Throughout the city, twenty-one distribution stations and twenty-five collection centers used the cathedral as a base of operations. The United Auto Workers and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations provided volunteers and nine trucks that distributed supplies. Other organizations that officially supported and aided the relief efforts of the center included Detroit city government, the Red Cross. and Detroit Public Schools.
Erected 2021 by Michigan Historical Commission and Michigan History Center. (Marker Number L2346.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion • Civil Rights • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Labor Unions. In addition, it is included in the Michigan Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1907.
Location. 42° 21.377′ N, 83° 3.823′ W. Marker is in Detroit, Michigan, in Wayne County. It is in Midtown. Marker is at the intersection of Woodward Avenue (State Road 1) and East Hancock Street, on the right when traveling north on Woodward Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4800 Woodward Avenue, Detroit MI 48201, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. First Congregational Church of Detroit (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Thompson Home (about 800 feet away); Wayne State University (approx. 0.2 miles away); Hilberry Theatre (approx. 0.2 miles away); Mackenzie House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Scarab Club (approx. ¼ mile away); First Unitarian Universalist Church (approx. ¼ mile away); David Whitney, Jr. Residence (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Detroit.
Also see . . . Cathedral Church of St. Paul. Excerpt:
The funeral service for Henry Ford, the entrepreneur who catalyzed development of the automobile industry in Detroit, was held at Cathedral Church of St. Paul on Thursday, April 10, 1947. Mourners passed by at a rate of 5,000 each hour at the public viewing the day before at Ford's Greenfield Village in Dearborn. At the funeral service, 20,000 people stood outside the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in the rain with 600 inside. The funeral had attracted national attention and an estimated seven million people mourned his death.(Submitted on July 19, 2023, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan.)
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