Arcadia in Manistee County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Trinity Lutheran Church

Registered Michigan Historic Site

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 24, 2016

1. Trinity Lutheran Church Marker

Inscription.
In 1880 many Germans left Milwaukee and settled in Manistee County. Among them was lumberman Henry Starke, who vowed to return to Wisconsin if no Lutheran church could be found. Instead he helped to organize this congregation in 1881, and he platted Arcadia the same year. In 1887 Starke donated land and money for this Neo-Gothic church, completed in 1888. The complex grew to include a parsonage, a school and a teacherage.

Erected 2002 by Michigan Historical Commission, Michigan Historical Center. (Marker Number L2118.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Education • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Michigan Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1880.

Location. 44° 29.536′ N, 86° 14.15′ W. Marker is in Arcadia, Michigan, in Manistee County. It is at the intersection of 3rd Street and Mill Street, on the right when traveling north on 3rd Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 17193 3rd Street, Arcadia MI 49613, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northern Michigan Lower Peninsula

and in one of the Lake Michigan Shore counties. It is also in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Restoring Arcadia Marsh and Fish Passage within Bowens Creek (approx. 0.4 miles

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away); Harriet Quimby / Childhood Home (approx. 2.9 miles away); Joyfield Cemetery (approx. 7.6 miles away); Paul P. Harris (approx. 8.9 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 9 miles away); The Portage Lake Region (approx. 9 miles away); Marquette's Death (approx. 9.6 miles away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 9.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Arcadia.

Also see . . . Trinity Lutheran Church, Arcadia MI. Church website homepage (Submitted on September 4, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Trinity Lutheran Church and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 24, 2016

2. Trinity Lutheran Church and Marker

Trinity Lutheran Church Steeple image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 24, 2016

3. Trinity Lutheran Church Steeple

Credits. This page was last revised on March 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 4, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 651 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 4, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.