Saint Ignatius Loyola Church

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Saint Ignatius Loyola Church
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Location703 E. Houghton Ave., Houghton, Michigan
Coordinates 47°7′14″N88°33′53″W / 47.12056°N 88.56472°W / 47.12056; -88.56472
Arealess than one acre
Built1898
Architect E. Brielmaier & Sons
Architectural styleGothic
NRHP reference No. 87001261 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 3, 1987
Designated MSHSDecember 8, 1977 [2]

Saint Ignatius Loyola Church is a church located at 703 East Houghton Avenue in Houghton, Michigan. The church was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1977 [2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1]

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History

Early Roman Catholics living in Houghton met for worship first in a boarding house and later in a school. [2] Bishop Frederic Baraga, then located in L'Anse, Michigan, spearheaded efforts to build a new church. [3] Ground was broken for the new church in early 1859, and on July 31, 1859, Bishop Frederic Baraga dedicated the original St. Ignatius Loyola Church. [3]

Beginning in 1859, a long list of priests were assigned to the church, all of whom served for only a short time. [3] However, in 1895, Father (later Monsignor) Antoine Ivan Rezek was appointed pastor to the parish. [2] In the late nineteenth century, the Keweenaw Peninsula had seen an explosive growth due to the local copper mining industry, and a substantial, ethnically diverse population of Catholics had taken up residence in the Houghton area. [2] One of Rezik's first priorities was the erection of a new church. Rezek hired the Milwaukee architectural firm of E. Brielmaier & Sons to design the church; Brielmaier designed a number of Catholic churches in the western Upper Peninsula in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. [2] Construction on this building began in 1898, and the church was finished in 1902. [2] Anton Ivan Rezek remained as pastor of the church for a total of 51 years, until 1946. [3]

Three significant additions to the building were made in later years: a boxy, glassed-in portico, added in 1928, a rear addition, added between 1959 and 1964, and a connected building added in 1991–1992. [2] [3] Further interior renovations were made in 1959 and in the late 1980s. [3]

Description

St. Ignatius Loyola Church is an imposing Neo-Gothic structure located on the hillside above downtown Houghton. [2] It is constructed of red, Jacobsville sandstone with a symmetrical gabled facade centering on a square tower topped with a spire. The tower belfry contains a single brass bell, cast in 1860 by the Jones and Hitchcock Company of Troy, New York. [2]

Stained glass windows, created by Gavin Art Glass Works of Milwaukee, were installed in the church in 1907. An elaborate Gothic altar adorns the nave. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Saint Ignatius Loyola Church". Historic Sites Online. Michigan State Housing Development Authority. Archived from the original on April 24, 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "St. Ignatius Loyola, Houghton". Catholic Diocese of Marquette.

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