Saint Ignatius Church and Cemetery

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Saint Ignatius Church and Cemetery
Location101 N. Lamkin Rd., Good Hart, Michigan
Coordinates45°33′6″N 85°6′56″W
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1889
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No.06001328[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 31, 2007

Saint Ignatius Church and Cemetery is a historic church and cemetery at 101 N. Lamkin Road in Good Hart, Michigan, USA. The church was added to the Michigan Historical Register in 1976[2] and the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

History
Middle Village (Good Hart) Michigan in 1915 - St Ignatius Church in the center

The area around what is now Good Hart has been an Odawa village (formerly known as Wa-Ga-Nak-A-Sa or Middle Village) since at least the 1700s. In 1741, a Roman Catholic chapel was established at this location in a bark longhouse. The first structure was replaced by a more substantial version, dedicated by Father Frederic Baraga, in 1833. That church was destroyed by fire on Easter Sunday, April 21, 1889.[2]

Construction immediately began on the current church as a replacement. Father Servatius Altmicks from Harbor Springs hired a local carpenter to manage the construction, and much of the work was done by the local Odawa. The new church was dedicated by Rt. Reverend Bishop Richter on September 13, 1889.[2]

The church has undergone a substantial restoration and is open to the public for Sunday mass in July and August, and for weddings and funerals.[3] It is one of the four churches making up the Catholic community of L'Arbre Croche.[4]

Description

Saint Ignatius Church is a white-painted wooden structure covered with clapboard, with a tall wooden steeple.[5] Adjacent to the church is the Middle Village Cemetery, which contains rows of white crosses marking gravesites.[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Stephanie Guyor (August 26, 2015), "Good Hart church to get state historic marker Sept. 6", Harbor Light
  3. St. Ignatius Church in Middle Village, Visit Petoskey
  4. THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITIES OF L'ARBRE CROCHE
  5. Carolyn C. Sutherland, History and Legend, Graham Real Estate


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