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Religious Structures of Woodward Avenue TR

Photographed standing in 2008

Central United Methodist Church in Detroit, Michigan, United States, is listed on the US National Register of Historic..., 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Style
Tudor Revival

Religious Structures of Woodward Avenue TR has stood in North End. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Religious Structures of Woodward Avenue TR

Cathedral Church of Saint Paul on Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
St. John's Episcopal Church in Detroit, Michigan, United States, is listed on the US National Register of Historic..., 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
First Unitarian Church of Detroit, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What is there now

Standing

We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 25, 2026.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

Religious Structures of Woodward Avenue TR is one of the places that gives North End its character.

It was built in the Tudor Revival style, and it still reads that way from the sidewalk.

Go see it. Photos never get the scale right.

The Religious Structures of Woodward Avenue Thematic Resource (TR) is a multiple property submission to the National Register of Historic Places which was approved on August 3, 1982. The structures are located on Woodward Avenue in the cities of Detroit and Highland Park, Michigan.

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Where it is

On this map

  1. Religious Structures of Woodward Avenue TR This place
  2. Mt. Royal Hotel 260 ft
  3. Woodward-Gladstone Terrace 360 ft
  4. North Woodward Congregational Church 380 ft
  5. Temple Beth-El 450 ft
  6. Bethel Community Transformation Center 490 ft
  7. Central Woodward Christian Church 510 ft
  8. First Baptist Church of Detroit 0.1 mi
  9. People's Community Church 0.1 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

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Photo credits

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  1. Central United Methodist Church in Detroit, Michigan, United States, is listed on the US National Register of Historic..., 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Cathedral Church of Saint Paul on Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. St. John's Episcopal Church in Detroit, Michigan, United States, is listed on the US National Register of Historic..., 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. First Unitarian Church of Detroit, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. Woodward Avenue Baptist Church (in 1899) on Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan Photo: Silas Farmer, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. Temple Beth-El (1902), Beth-El's first temple, in central Detroit, southeastern Michigan, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

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