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{{short description|Historic church in Michigan, United States}}
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{{Infobox NRHP
| coordinates = {{coord|42|44|53|N|84|33|8|W|display=inline,title}}
| built = {{Start date|1916}}
▲ | locmapin = Michigan#USA
▲ | architect OR builder = Bowd,Edwyn A.
▲ | architecture = Prairie School, Bungalow/craftsman, Other, Arts and Crafts
▲ | added = May 27, 1988
▲ | area = {{convert|1|acre}}
▲ | refnum = 88000564<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
▲ | designated_other1 = Michigan State Historic Site
▲ | designated_other1_date = December 5, 1986
}}
'''Franklin Avenue Presbyterian Church''' (also known as '''North Presbyterian Church''') is a historic church at 108 W. Grand River Avenue in [[Lansing, Michigan]]. It was built in 1916 and added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1988.<ref name="nris"/>
==History==
In 1863, a daughter congregation of the First Presbyterian Church of Lansing was organized in what is now [[Old Town (Lansing, Michigan)|Old Town]]. A lot was donated to the congregation along what was then Franklin Avenue (and is now Grand River Avenue). The first church, a brick structure, was consecrated in 1865. By 1910, however, the local population had grown immensely, and the Presbyterian congregation was too large for the original church structure. In 1913, the Reverend Richard Spetnagel, pastor of Franklin Presbyterian, proposed constructing a new building. The congregation hired Lansing architect Edwyn A. Bowd in 1914 to design a new structure. The old church was demolished in 1915, and the new one consecrated in 1916.<ref name = "nom">{{citation | title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Franklin Avenue Presbyterian Church | author1 = C. C. Cotman | author2 = R. O. Christensen | date = August 1987 | url = https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25339481}}</ref>
==Description==
The former Franklin Avenue Presbyterian Church is a rectangular, gable-roof building constructed of dark brown brick, with concrete and wood trim. At one corner of the main facade is a square tower with a louvered belfry. The church has an [[Arts and Crafts movement|Arts and Crafts]] form, with large triangular wood brackets under the eaves and a grid pattern laid into the rose window shape in the front gable. Inside, a stair leads to the second-floor auditorium, which has Akron-plan semi-circular seating facing a corner pulpit. Sunday school rooms are nearby.<ref name = "nom"/>
A two-story dark brown brick manse with a hip roof is attached to the church on one side. it is connected internally t o the pastor's study in the main church.<ref name = "nom"/>
▲It was built in 1916 and added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1988. In 2010 the congregation merged into Westminster Presbyterian Church due to shrinking attendance, and the building was bought by The Epicenter of Worship Church.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cochran|first1=Gretchen|title=A Revival|url=http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/lansing/article-4504-a-revival.html|accessdate=July 27, 2014|work=[[City Pulse]]|date=June 30, 2010}}</ref>
==References==
{{Commons category|Epicenter of Worship Church}}
{{Reflist}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Michigan}}
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[[Category:Presbyterian churches in Michigan]]
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[[Category:Prairie School architecture in Michigan]]
[[Category:Churches completed in 1916]]
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[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Lansing, Michigan]]
[[Category:Michigan State Historic Sites in Ingham County]]
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