National Register of Historic Places

Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Listed
August 2, 1982
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
82002894

About this property

The Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament is a Neo-Gothic style Roman Catholic cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit. The cathedral is located at 9844 Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, in the United States, adjacent to the Boston-Edison Historic District. The cathedral was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Construction started on Most Blessed Sacrament as a parish church in 1905, but it was not dedicated until 1930. After the Diocese of Detroit became the Archdiocese of Detroit in 1923, the church was repurposed as the cathedral. Construction of its towers and facade was not completed until 1951, the year of the cathedral's consecration. Pope John Paul II briefly visited Most Blessed Sacrament in 1987.

Location

9844-9854 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
42.38850, -83.08482

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament listed on the National Register?

Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 2, 1982.

What type of historic resource is Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament?

Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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