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Central United Methodist Church - Photos Exterior

The exterior of the church as seen from Grand Circus Park in Nov 2023.

Central United Methodist Church in January 2024.

Central United Methodist Church as seen from Grand Circus Park in 2023. The architect, Gordon W. Lloyd, designed the church in the Gothic Revival style and it was built in 1867.

The annex designed by the firm of Smith, Hinchman & Grylls in the Tudor Revival style with Gothic elements incorporated in the design was built in 1915.

There is a clock in the tower that has a seven foot diameter dial.

Old and new - Central United Spire in front of the new Huntington Tower

The church's spire with the Fillmore Detroit as a backdrop

Central United on Nov 18, 2023

A view at the spire from the rooftop garden of the Annex.