First Church of Christ, Scientist
80 W. Alexandrine
Detroit, MI
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c. 1880-1884 - Emanuel Episcopal Church structure moved to 80 W. Alexandrine in 1877 and in 1898 rededicated as the First Church of Christ, Scientist (Photograph from an archival source: Detroit Public Library digital collection; taken as the basis for the engraving in Farmer's "History of Detroit...", 1884., submitted by William M. Worden/William M. Worden)
ca. 1910 - Church exterior (Photograph from an archival source: Vintage postcard image submitted by James R. Stettner, submitted by Jim Stettner/Jim Stettner)
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Notes
2016-02-11 - Information from <i>Austin Organs</i> by Orpha Ochse (2001: Organ Historical Society) -Database Manager
2020-08-29 - Updated through online infomation from William M. Worden. -- The First Church was first located at 80 W. Alexandrine between Woodward and Cass in a wooden carpenter Gothic building to which the Scientists added a classical facade; the Clough & Warren would have been in that building and it did contain a typical case in a front corner with pipe fences on both exposed sides. But that could also be the Austin listed for the 1890s; there are two possible organs for this building, which is now the Midtown Mosaic Church. -Jim Stettner
2020-08-30 - Although the entry gives the date of this organ as 1899, the Detroit Free Press reported the presence of a new pipe organ in the church on February 13, 1898, when the building was dedicated as a Christian Science church. -William M. Worden
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