Empire in Leelanau County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Empire Methodist Church

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 27, 2016

1. Empire Methodist Church Marker

Inscription. The "Empire Methodist Church" - built in 1895. The Empire Area Methodists gathered here for services, Sunday school, weddings and funerals till their new church was built in 1963. It is now the Masonic Temple. (Marker Number 16.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1895.

Location. 44° 48.655′ N, 86° 3.592′ W. Marker is in Empire, Michigan, in Leelanau County. It is at the intersection of Front Street and Union Street, on the left when traveling west on Front Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10069 Front Street, Empire MI 49630, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northern Michigan Lower Peninsula,

in the Grand Traverse Bay Region,

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

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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Village of Empire (approx. 0.4 miles away); Remembering Empire, Circa 1900 (approx. 0.4 miles away); Empire Lumber Company (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Legend of the Manitou Islands and the Sleeping Bear (approx. 3.3 miles away); Mother Bear Is Migrating (approx. 3.3 miles away); Of Wrecks and Water Trails (approx. 3.3 miles away); Glen Lake Was Once a Bay (approx. 4 miles away); D.H. Day's Million-Dollar Plan (approx. 4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Empire.

Empire Methodist Church and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 27, 2016

2. Empire Methodist Church and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 9, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 1, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 620 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 1, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.