Church of Our Saviour, Friend of Children | |
Location | North Shore Rd., Payment Settlement on Sugar Island, near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan |
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Coordinates | 46°31′38.66″N 84°9′4.51″W / 46.5274056°N 84.1512528°W |
Built | 1856-57 |
Built by | Michael G. Payment |
NRHP reference No. | 82002831 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 08, 1982 |
Designated MSHS | January 19, 1978 [2] |
Church of Our Saviour, Friend of Children, also known as Holy Angels Roman Catholic Church, is a church located on North Shore Road on Sugar Island, near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1978 [2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
Michael G. Payment was born in Montreal in 1814. [3] In 1827 he moved to Detroit and became involved in business. [3] He soon was put in charge of cargo shipments, in which capacity he traded goods with Native Americans. [3] In 1845, Payment moved to Sugar Island and established a small settlement, known at the time as "Payment's Landing" or "Payment Settlement." [2] Payment undertook trade with the local Ojibwe people, establishing a successful trading post. Beginning in 1853, Bishop Frederic Baraga was a frequent visitor to the settlement, and in 1856 Baraga purchased lumber and requested that Michael Payment construct a church at the site. Payment complied, and the building was completed in 1857. [2]
Michael Payment returned to Detroit in 1874, [3] but regular services were held at the church [4] until it closed in 1953. [2] The church reopened in 1982 for services in the summer. [2] It is the last remaining structure from Payment's Landing. [2]
Church of Our Saviour, Friend of Children is a single story frame structure sitting on a fieldstone foundation. The exterior was originally clad in clapboard, but at some time weatherboarding was installed over the original siding. [2] The church has a gable roof with a square, pyrimidal-roofed belfry at the top. Each side has three windows, and one end has an entry portico below a plain wooden cross. [2]
Church of Our Saviour, Friend of Children | |
Location | North Shore Rd., Payment Settlement on Sugar Island, near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan |
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Coordinates | 46°31′38.66″N 84°9′4.51″W / 46.5274056°N 84.1512528°W |
Built | 1856-57 |
Built by | Michael G. Payment |
NRHP reference No. | 82002831 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 08, 1982 |
Designated MSHS | January 19, 1978 [2] |
Church of Our Saviour, Friend of Children, also known as Holy Angels Roman Catholic Church, is a church located on North Shore Road on Sugar Island, near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1978 [2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
Michael G. Payment was born in Montreal in 1814. [3] In 1827 he moved to Detroit and became involved in business. [3] He soon was put in charge of cargo shipments, in which capacity he traded goods with Native Americans. [3] In 1845, Payment moved to Sugar Island and established a small settlement, known at the time as "Payment's Landing" or "Payment Settlement." [2] Payment undertook trade with the local Ojibwe people, establishing a successful trading post. Beginning in 1853, Bishop Frederic Baraga was a frequent visitor to the settlement, and in 1856 Baraga purchased lumber and requested that Michael Payment construct a church at the site. Payment complied, and the building was completed in 1857. [2]
Michael Payment returned to Detroit in 1874, [3] but regular services were held at the church [4] until it closed in 1953. [2] The church reopened in 1982 for services in the summer. [2] It is the last remaining structure from Payment's Landing. [2]
Church of Our Saviour, Friend of Children is a single story frame structure sitting on a fieldstone foundation. The exterior was originally clad in clapboard, but at some time weatherboarding was installed over the original siding. [2] The church has a gable roof with a square, pyrimidal-roofed belfry at the top. Each side has three windows, and one end has an entry portico below a plain wooden cross. [2]