Most Holy Redeemer Church (Detroit, Michigan)
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Most Holy Redeemer Church
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| Location | 1721 Junction Street Detroit, Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 42°19′2″N 83°6′7″W / 42.31722°N 83.10194°WCoordinates: 42°19′2″N 83°6′7″W / 42.31722°N 83.10194°W |
| Built | 1921 |
| Architect | Donaldson and Meier |
| Architectural style | Renaissance Revival |
| Part of | West Vernor-Junction Historic District (#02001503) |
| MPS | West Vernor Highway Survey Area, Detroit, Michigan MPS |
| Added to NRHP | December 12, 2002 |
The Most Holy Redeemer Church is located at 1721 Junction Street in Southwest Detroit, Michigan, within the West Vernor-Junction Historic District. The church was once estimated as the largest Roman Catholic parish in North America. West Vernor-Junction Historic District is adjacent to Mexicantown and contains a growing Mexican community and resurgent neighborhoods.
The parish contains a longstanding elementary school, along with the Detroit Cristo Rey High School, which has operated since 2008 at the location of the former Holy Redeemer High School.
As in the other Southwest Detroit neighborhoods, such as Springwells Village, West Vernor Highway is the main commercial thoroughfare. Churches, parks, recreation centers, and theaters anchor neighborhoods such as the West Vernor-Junction intersection that Holy Redeemer parish dominates.
The Hollywood movie The Rosary Murders (1987), starring actor Donald Sutherland, prominently featured the church and the neighborhood.
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