St John Lutheran Church and Schools

St John Lutheran Church and Schools (HM23HB)

Location: Fraser, MI 48026 Macomb County
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N 42° 32.345', W 82° 57.351'

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In 1864, local residents asked Pastor Herman Lemke of East Detroit to help them organize a Lutheran church in Fraser. That same year, they built a small wood frame building on land south of 14 Mile Road. Each week after Sunday service, they moved the pews aside to desks and chairs could be set up for the school week. The congregation replaced the small church with a larger wood frame church and school in 1867. A fire destroyed the building on Christmas Eve 1884. In 1884-85, members built a new two-story school and a separate church with a seating capacity of 600. The school had two classrooms, one on each floor. St. John school was the only school in Fraser until the village built a one-room schoolhouse at 13 Mile and Utica Roads around 1882.

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As the area's population grew, St. John Lutheran Church members requested schools closer to their homes. In 1877, the church built two additional schools: one at Cady's Corners on Utica Road and the Krim School at Plumbrook and Dodge Park Roads in Sterling Township. Krim served residents until around 1894; and Cady's Corner, until 1929. They both closed as improved transportation options allowed students to be educated elsewhere, including the St John school in Fraser. In the 1940s and 1950s, St. John pastors drove school
buses daily. In 1957, the church finished moving all classes to a school building built here in 1948. The 1884-85 school became the Fraser Public Library in 1964. Member built a new church here in 1985-86.
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HM NumberHM23HB
Series This marker is part of the Michigan: Michigan Historical Commission series
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Year Placed2016
Placed ByMichigan Historical Commission - Michigan Historical Center
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, December 5th, 2017 at 7:01am PST -08:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 339392 N 4711486
Decimal Degrees42.53908333, -82.95585000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 32.345', W 82° 57.351'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 32' 20.7" N, 82° 57' 21.06" W
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Area Code(s)586, 248
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 16241 E 14 Mile Rd, Fraser MI 48026, US
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