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Central Methodist Episcopal Church (now the Central United Methodist Church) is a historic church at 111 E. Spruce Street in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984〔 and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1993.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Central Methodist Church )〕 ==History== The first Methodist missionaries arrived in Sault Ste. Marie in 1833.〔 Rev. John Clarke was appointed to serve in the Sault area, and in 1834 constructed a Methodist mission consisting of 13 log houses, a school, and a mission. Clarke soon travelled on to the Keweenaw Peninsula, and was succeeded by Rev. W. H. Brockway.〔 Brockway was succeeded in 1843 by Rev. John H. Pitzel, ho stayed in the area until 1860. The mission was closed in 1864.〔 Methodism essentially disappeared in the Sault until 1873, when Rev. Isaac Johnson was appointed to the area.〔 Johnson formally established a Methodist congregation that year.〔 The first church building, only by , was soon constructed on Portage Avenue. It was eventually moved to the site of the present church on Spruce.〔 However, the congregation continued to grow, and the small church building underwent several expansions, including a large addition to the rear of the structure.〔 Still, by 1890, it was apparent that the congregation needed additional space, and it was determined that a new building was required.〔 It was felt that the then-new church built in Owosso was of excellent design, and the Sault Ste. Marie congregation therefore hired the architect, Dillon P. Clark of Bay City,〔 to design the new church.〔 The original church was moved to the other side of Spruce Street, where it still stands, and construction of the new church began in 1892.〔 The church was dedicated on July 1, 1894.〔 Three fires have occurred in the church. The first was in 1904, and completely destroyed the interior which had been refurbished the year before.〔 A second, smaller fire occurred in 1934.〔 A third fire occurred in 1941 during a World War II blackout.〔 The interior of the church was again heavily damaged in this fire. However, despite interior damage, the exterior of the church remains almost unchanged from the original appearance.〔 Extensive repairs were made to the church in the mid-1950s.〔 Plans for a new educational wing were drawn up in 1969, and the addition was constructed in 1970-71.〔 The structure is still used by the Methodist congregation for worship.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Central United Methodist Church )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Central Methodist Episcopal Church (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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