Third Reformed Church
{{short description|Historic church in Michigan, United States}}
{{About|the church in Grand Rapids, Michigan|the church in Holland, Michigan|Third Reformed Church of Holland}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Third Reformed Church
| nrhp_type =
| image =Third Reformed Church.jpg
| caption =
| location = 1009 Hermitage St., SE,
Grand Rapids, Michigan
| coordinates = {{coord|42|57|40|N|85|38|39|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Michigan#USA
| built = {{Start date|1875}}
| architecture = Shingle Style, Gothic Revival, Richardsonian Romanesque
| added = April 22, 1982
| area = less than one acre
| refnum = 82002845{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
}}
Third Reformed Church (now the Church of God in Christ) is a historic church at 1009 Hermitage St., SE in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was built in 1875 and added to the National Register in 1982. As of 2019, the church was being rehabilitated into a neighborhood arts center.
History
Beginning in the 1840s, Dutch Protestants moved into this area of Michigan. In 1849, a community of Dutch immigrants in Grand Rapids established the Second Reformed Church. Both the church and Grand Rapids grew, and in 1875, the Third Reformed Church was founded as a subsidiary to serve congregants living on the east side of Grand Rapids. The original church building was constructed that same year, and was enlarged and remodeled multiple times thereafter, in a 1878, 1887–88, and 1894. The church remained substantially Dutch in nature for a substantial period, offering Dutch-language services until 1944.{{citation | url = https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25339667 | title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form : Third Reformed Church | author = Robert O. Christensen | date = October 1, 1980}}
In the 1960s, the Third Reformed moved to a new suburban location, and in 1968 sold the building to the Grace Pentecostal Church of God in Christ, a congregation which had been organized in 1950. In 1995, the church was sold to Iglesia Resurrection Y Vida. However, the congregation faltered, and the building became vacant.{{cite news | title = 142-year-old Grand Rapids church faces 'demolition by neglect' proceeding | date = July 21, 2017 | author = Jim Harger | newspaper = MLive | url = https://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/2017/07/142-year-old_grand_rapids_chur.html}} The building was purchased by preservationists in 2017; as of 2019, rehabilitation into a neighborhood arts center had begun.{{cite news | title = Restoration of 144-year-old Grand Rapids church underway | date = April 2, 2019 | author = Brian McVicar | newspaper = MLive | url = https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2019/04/restoration-of-historic-grand-rapids-church-underway.html}}
Description
The Third Reformed Church complex consists of the church itself, the two-story, clapboarded former parsonage constructed in 1900, and a small single-story, structure connecting the two. The church building is a broad-fronted, structure with a gable roof, covered in clapboard. A pyramid-roofed, square tower is located at one corner. The building measures forty-eight feet wide by eighty-three feet deep, of which half consists of additions constructed after the original 1975 church was built. Next to the tower is a triple-arch entranceway below a circular, stained glass gable window.
References
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Further reading
- Harger, Jim (Nov. 22, 2017). "[https://web.archive.org/web/20230427185029/https://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/2017/11/veteran_preservationists_out_t_1.html Veteran preservationists out to rescue crumbling old church in East Hills]." Grand Rapids Press. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230427185029/https://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/2017/11/veteran_preservationists_out_t_1.html Archived] from the [https://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/2017/11/veteran_preservationists_out_t_1.html original].
- {{cite web |url=http://architecturegr.com/third-reformed-church |title=Third Reformed Restoration by Preservation Pro Carol Moore |last=VanderPloeg |first=Pam |work=Architecture GR |date=2019 }}.
- Sosa, Kayla (Aug. 5, 2019). "[https://web.archive.org/web/20220809073035/https://www.womenslifestyle.com/2019/08/05/311600/the-art-of-preservation-carol-moore-resurrects-historic-church-in-grand-rapids The Art of Preservation: Carol Moore Resurrects Historic Church in Grand Rapids]." Women's Lifestyle. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220809073035/https://www.womenslifestyle.com/2019/08/05/311600/the-art-of-preservation-carol-moore-resurrects-historic-church-in-grand-rapids Archived] from the [https://www.womenslifestyle.com/2019/08/05/311600/the-art-of-preservation-carol-moore-resurrects-historic-church-in-grand-rapids original].
- Bonner Williams, Julie (Feb. 12, 2020). "[https://web.archive.org/web/20220212203223/https://www.grmag.com/people-places/church-to-art-hub/ Church To Art Hub]." Grand Rapids magazine. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220212203223/https://www.grmag.com/people-places/church-to-art-hub/ Archived] from the [https://www.grmag.com/people-places/church-to-art-hub original].
- {{cite web |url=https://agilitypr.news/Community-Flocks-to-Weekend-Event-Paint-21805 |title=Plans And Painting Of Historic Church Transformation Unveiled: Community Flocks To Weekend Event |publisher=Agility PR |date=2021-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502133250/https://agilitypr.news/Community-Flocks-to-Weekend-Event-Paint-21805 |archive-date=2023-05-02 }}.
External links
- [https://hermitage-at-diamond.org/ Hermitage At Diamond]
- [https://www.thirdreformedchurchgr.org/ Third Reformed Church of Grand Rapids]
{{National Register of Historic Places in Michigan}}
Category:Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
Category:Gothic Revival church buildings in Michigan
Category:Shingle Style architecture in Michigan
Category:Churches completed in 1875
Category:Churches in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Category:Reformed churches in Michigan
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Grand Rapids, Michigan