Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament - Detroit, Michigan - Cathedrals on Waymarking.com

This large cathedral is located at 9844 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48202 offering a spectacular view directly into Downtown Detroit along Woodward Avenue. The Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament has been the seat of the Archdiocese of Detroit since 1938. It hosted a visit from Pope John Paul II in 1987.

"The truly remarkably detailed Neo-Gothic church was built between 1913 and 1915 to serve a prosperous parish in this area of Detroit's piety hill, so called because of the many churches located along Woodward between Grand Circus Park and Highland Park. In 1938, Edward Mooney obtained approval from the Vatican to designate this church as the Cathedral for the newly created archdiocese of Detroit. Early in the 21st century, the archdiocese of Detroit began a major renovation of the Cathedral along with the creation of an attractive park area on the northwest side of the impressive building.

This is one of the more impressive churches in the city of Detroit. There is a symmetrical façade on Woodward with the traditional rose window and a parapet screen with life-sized statues of saints. On either side of the entrance are massive, flat-roofed towers, but each has four tall pointed pinnacles. They are impressive. Along each side of this church are five bays, each separated from the next by buttresses, but within each bay there is a massive Gothic window. At the side of the church most removed from Woodward, you will see a tall metal, wood and stone spire. The numerous spires on this church are striking—and a challenge to count. I find the color of the limestone enhances the beauty of this edifice since it suggests warmth and compassion. People travel to Norman France to see extremely attractive medieval cathedrals. And they see them there. But you can visit Detroit and appreciate this cathedral whose architectural beauty clearly rivals that of the cathedrals designed by the imaginative craftsmen of late medieval France. This cathedral is extraordinarily impressive if you view it from the south east corner of West Boston Boulevard and Woodward in the mid to late afternoon.

This is one of the nation's treasures when it comes to Neo-Gothic churches built in the pre-Depression years of the 20th century."-Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Address: 9844 Woodward Ave Detroit, MI 48202 Religious affiliation: Roman Catholic Date founded or constructed: 1915 Web site: [Web Link]

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