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Most Holy Redeemer Church
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| Location: | 1721 Junction Ave., Detroit, Michigan  United States |
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| Coordinates: | 42°19′2″N 83°6′7″W / 42.31722°N 83.10194°WCoordinates: 42°19′2″N 83°6′7″W / 42.31722°N 83.10194°W |
| Built: | 1921 |
| Architect: | Donaldson and Meier |
| Architectural style: | Late Victorian, Romanesque |
| Governing body: | Archdiocese of Detroit |
| Part of: | West Vernor-Junction Historic District (#02001503) |
| MPS: | West Vernor Highway Survey Area, Detroit, Michigan MPS |
| Added to NRHP: | December 12, 2002 |
The Most Holy Redeemer Church located at 1721 Junction Ave., in Detroit, Michigan is part of the West Vernor-Junction Historic District.[1] The Church was once estimated as the largest Roman Catholic parish in North America.[1][2] West Vernor-Junction Historic District is adjacent to Mexicantown and contains a growing Latino community and resurgent neighborhoods.
The parish contains a longstanding elementary school, along with Detroit Cristo Rey High School, which has operated since 2008 at the location of the former Holy Redeemer High School.[3]
As in the other Southwest Detroit neighborhoods, such as Springwells Village, West Vernor Highway is the main commercial thoroughfare. Churches, parks, recreation centers, and theatres anchor neighborhoods such as the West Vernor-Junction intersection that Holy Redeemer Church dominates.
The Hollywood movie, The Rosary Murders (1987), starring actor Donald Sutherland, prominently featured the Church and the neighborhood.
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References [edit]
- ^ a b Most Holy Redeemer Parish History. Retrieved on April 15, 2009.
- ^ Most Holy Redeemer Church.Pewabic.org. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
- ^ Cristo Rey ready to 'rise'. Retrieved on March 1, 2010.
Further reading [edit]
- Godzak, Roman (2000). Archdiocese of Detroit (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0738507972.
- Godzak, Roman (2004). Catholic Churches of Detroit (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0738532355.
- Godzak, Roman (2000). Make Straight the Path: A 300 Year Pilgrimage Archdiocese of Detroit. Editions du Signe. ISBN 2746801450.
- Tentler, Leslie Woodcock with forward by Edmund Cardinal Szoka (1992). Seasons of Grace: A History of the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0814321062.
- Tutag, Nola Huse with Lucy Hamilton (1988). Discovering Stained Glass in Detroit. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1875-4.
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