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Saint Andrew's Hall
Also known as: St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
GeotaggedNational Register
Historic Photo from NRHP Filing
PHOTO # 1. ST. ANDREW'S MEMORIAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH 5105 Anthony Wayne Drive Wayne Cty., Detroit, Michigan University Cultural Center Multiple Resource Historic District Nomination - PHASE II. Prepared by Preservation Wayne, 1985 Photographer: Carla Anderson, Detroit Negative Location: Carla Anderson, Detroit Camera Facing: NORTHWEST St Andrews Mem Episcopal Church 5105 Anthony Wayne Drive Det
National Register of Historic Places Filing
ArchitectureReligion1800-1899, 1900-
St. Andrew's Memorial Church is significant for two reasons. First, the church was designed by the Boston-based firm of Cram, Wentworth & Goodhue. In the early 20th century, Ralph Adams Cram became the leading advocate and authority in the United States on Gothic architecture. Nationally prominent Cram and Goodhue structures include St. Thomas' Church (1906) in New York City, St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral (1908-11) in Detroit, and buildings at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Cram's beliefs and designs influenced a generation of church architects. What makes St. Andrew's Church important is that it is one of the earliest of Cram's churches. The plans for St. Andrew's date back to the early 1890s, although the church was not completed until 1902. It is certainly the oldest of five Cram churches in the Detroit/Windsor area and represents the innovative experimental phase of Cram's work. It also embodies his philosophical ponderings concerning the Perpendicular Gothic as the most suitable vehicle for capturing the solid traditions of the Medieval English Church during a practical and utilitarian age. St. Andrew's is important, secondly, as a religious body. Organized as a mission in 1885, then admitted into the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan as an incorporated parish in 1889, St. Andrew's was one of the earliest religious institutions established in the University-Cultural Center (UCC). Since the first residential settlement of the UCC in the late 19th century, St. Andrew's has had an involved and continuous relationship with the changing community around it. The parish of St. Andrew's is also important as a symbol of the missionary expansion of the Episcopal Church in Michigan during the 1870s-1880s. Indeed, St. Andrew's is a memorial church dedicated to Samuel Smith Harris, the second Bishop of Michigan (1879-88), who actively promoted the Church during his brief tenure. Lastly, significant individuals have been associated with St. Andrew's Church--not only Bishop Harris, but also such important benefactors as Fred Wardell (founder of Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Company and developer of the Wardell Apartments [Park Shelton] at the corner of Woodward and E. Kirby), and Ivan Luddington (founder of Luddington News Company).
Physical Description
St. Andrew's Memorial Episcopal Church was completed in 1902 from plans drawn in the early 1890s by the Boston-based architectural firm of Cram, Wentworth & Goodhue. The architecture of St. Andrew's represents Ralph Adams Cram's fascination with the Perpendicular style of English Gothic church architecture that flourished from the mid-14th through the 15th century. Like the Perpendicular, Cram's St. Andrew's displays characteristic, straight, vertical and horizontal lines; slender, vertically subdivided support buttresses; rows of massive columns in the nave; minimal decorative stonework; and only modest amounts of tracery at the head of windows. The original church building of 1902-1906 emerged from drawings submitted to the parish of St. Andrew's around 1894. At the corner of Fourth and Putnam, ground was broken for the new church on St. Andrew's Day (November 30th) in 1894. The cornerstone was laid either in 1898 or 1900, and the church was dedicated on November 7, 1902.
Architect/Builder
Cram, Wentworth & Goodhue; John Case
NRHP Ref# 86001003 • Data from National Park Service • Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0
Historical Photos
(4)PHOTO # 1. ST. ANDREW'S MEMORIAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH 5105 Anthony Wayne Drive Wayne Cty., Detroit, Michigan University Cultural Center Multiple Resource Historic District Nomination - PHASE II. Prepared by Preservation Wayne, 1985 Photographer: Carla Anderson, Detroit Negative Location: Carla Anderson, Detroit Camera Facing: NORTHWEST St Andrews Mem Episcopal Church 5105 Anthony Wayne Drive Det
Public Domain (Michigan Filing)
From Wikipedia
This article is about the music venue in Detroit. For other uses of "St. Andrew's Hall", see St. Andrew's Hall (disambiguation).‹ The template Infobox venue is being considered for merging. ›Saint Andrew's Hall is a concert venue located in Detroit, Michigan, which was formerly the meeting place for the Saint Andrew's Society of Detroit. The Shelter lies underneath St. Andrews Hall and hosts various live music acts and DJs. It is known for being one of the first stages on which Eminem performed.Since 1980, the venue has been bringing trendsetting music to Detroit. The hall has hosted famous breakthrough acts during the '80s and '90s, such as the Insane Clown Posse, Iggy Pop, The Verve, Tool, Skinny Puppy, Nirvana, R.E.M., No Doubt, Icehouse, James, The Cranberries, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers .Bootleg Detroit, a fan recording of Morphine's first appearance at St. Andrew's Hall on March 7, 1994, was officially released by the band following the death of frontman Mark Sandman.Electric Six, a band originally from Detroit, filmed a full concert at St. Andrew's Hall on September 7, 2013, and released it as a feature-length live DVD entitled Absolute Treasure.• The Adicts• AJR• The Alarm• The Mission (band)• Bauhaus• Black Flag• Blind Melon• The Dandy Warhols• Iggy Pop• New Order• Nina Hagen• Dead Kennedys• The Lords of the New Church• Psychedelic Furs• Echo & the Bunnymen• The Cramps• Rank and File• R.E.M.• Rhythm Corps• The Verve• Love and Rockets• Majesty Crush• The Bangles• The Beastie Boys• Bad Manners• Sun Ra• Nirvana• Pearl Jam• Foo Fighters• Red Hot Chili Peppers• Radiohead• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds• Figures on a Beach• Fishbone• Seether• Jane's Addiction• The Damned• The Pogues• Camper Van Beethoven• Delta Spirit• The Weeknd• Collective Soul• Sleigh Bells• The Suicide Machines• The Reverend Horton Heat• The Strokes• Less Than Jake• Voodoo Glow Skulls• Minus The Bear• Insane Clown Posse• Engines of Aggression• Hüsker Dü• Halsey• Jason & the Scorchers• The Hard Lessons• Chris Whitley• Garbage• Goober & The Peas• Bad Brains• Monster Magnet• Blues Traveler• The Lemonheads• Rage Against the Machine• Throwing Muses• Slum Village• The Showdown• Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros• Manchester Orchestra• The Replacements• Soul Asylum• Local H• Skinny Puppy• Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls• The Mowgli's• The Jesus Lizard• Kacey Musgraves• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones• Enrique Bunbury• Smashing Pumpkins• Tool• Jake Miller• The Butthole Surfers• Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas• Alien Sex Fiend• Dead Milkmen• Wayne Kramer• Dread Zeppelin• Fear• GBH• The Story So Far• Eric Roberson• Sonic Youth• GWAR• Matthew Sweet• This or the Apocalypse• No Doubt• Big Chief• The Offspring• Cody Simpson• The Blasters• Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker• Jesus And Mary Chain• Pop Will Eat Itself• Front 242• New Politics• G. Love & Special Sauce• Cracker• Karmin• Buffalo Tom• Stone Temple Pilots• Lights• Morphine• X• Lily Allen• The Cranberries• My Chemical Romance• Adele• Corey Smith• Awolnation• Alice in Chains• Dinosaur Jr.• GG Allen• Hoobastank• James• London Grammar• Blur• Danger Productions• Toad the Wet Sprocket• Queens of the Stone Age• House of Love• Soundgarden• New Found Glory• Bob Dylan• Cage The Elephant• Social Distortion• Real Friends• Shane MacGowan & The Popes• The Early November• Megadeth• Doll Skin• Nine Inch Nails• Paramore• John Legend• Matt Nathanson• MellowHigh• Screaming Trees• Red Fang• Mother Love Bone• Silverstein• Primal Scream• Meek Mill• The Jayhawks• Witch Mountain• Steve Earle• Eminem• Twiztid• Fun (band)• Built To Spill• Taking Back Sunday• TV On The Radio• Walk the Moon• Old 97's• Twenty One Pilots• Helmet• Meat Puppets• Motion City Soundtrack• My Morning Jacket• Mike Watt• Bazzi (singer)• Bleachers (band)• Jimmy Eat World• The Black Crowes• blink-182• The Gutter Twins• Fall Out Boy• Imagine Dragons• Madison Beer• Electric Six• The Devil Makes Three• Phish• Stevie Ray Vaughan• My Bloody Valentine• Ride• Slowdive• D12• Drive-By Truckers• The Busboys• Moby• The Orb• Clutch• The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion• Zebrahead• The Detroit Cobras• Whitey Morgan and the 78's• The Go-Betweens• fIREHOSE• Belly• Breeders• PJ Harvey• Laughing Hyenas• Gary Clark Jr.• Wiz Khalifa• Band-Maid• The Warning• The Hives• Jack White
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Building Details
- Architect
- Cram, Wentworth, and Goodhue
- Year Built
- 1902
- Building Type
- church
- National Register
- Listed
- Ref# 86001003
