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First Presbyterian Church
TitleFirst Presbyterian Church
Date1915
SubjectFirst Presbyterian Church (Grand Haven, Mich.)
DescriptionThe local Presbyterian church was begun by Rev. William Ferry in 1834. This building began as a stru...
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First Reformed Church
TitleFirst Reformed Church
Date1889
SubjectFirst Reformed Church (Grand Haven, Mich.)
DescriptionKnown as “the Church of Many Towers”, this was the third building to serve the congregat...
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Second Reformed Church
TitleSecond Reformed Church
Date1966
SubjectSecond Reformed Church (Grand Haven, Mich.)
DescriptionAn outgrowth of the First Reformed Church, this congregation formed in 1871. Its first two buildings...
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Seventh Day Adventist Church
TitleSeventh Day Adventist Church
Date1970
SubjectSeventh Day Adventist Church (Grand Haven, Mich.)
DescriptionThe founders of this church gathered initially in 1907. Their first permanent place of worship was e...
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St. John
TitleSt. John's Lutheran Church
Date1969
SubjectSt. John's Lutheran Church (Grand Haven, Mich.)
DescriptionFounded in 1865, the first St. John’s Lutheran Church was built two years later on the northw...
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St. Patrick
TitleSt. Patrick's Catholic Church, Demolition
Date1964
SubjectSt. Patrick's Catholic Church (Grand Haven, Mich.)
DescriptionThe first Catholic church in the area was built in 1857 in Spring Lake. In 1867, the Grand Haven fa...
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St. Patrick
TitleSt. Patrick's Catholic Church, Manse and School
Date1950
SubjectSt. Patrick's Catholic Church (Grand Haven, Mich.)
DescriptionSt. Patrick’s Church was built on Fulton Street in 1872 with funds from Captain Thomas Kirby....
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St. Paul
TitleSt. Paul's Evangelical Church
Date1950
SubjectProtestant church buildings -- Michigan -- Grand Haven
DescriptionIn 1882, a group of Evangelical Germans formed a congregation named the Evangelical-Lutheran St. Pau...
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St. Paul
TitleSt. Paul's United Church of Christ
Date1966
SubjectSt. Paul's United Church of Christ (Grand Haven, Mich.)
DescriptionThe cornerstone for this church was laid in 1893 when it was known as the Evangelical-Lutheran St. P...
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