The hospital was one of the first two institutions established when Highland Park incorporated as a city in 1916. The Highland Park General Hospital is a significant landmark in the history of Highland Park. The buildings constructed before World War II are detailed in a neo-Georgian style characteristic of the early 20th century period of construction, while elements built in the postwar era have no historical or ornamental detailing. This complex of buildings was developed to be a coherent assemblage, united by a common use of materials, utilitarian design, and hierarchical relationship. The other two buildings are located behind the main unit, and consist of the power plant/laundry buildings (builtin in 19, respectively) and the Contagious and Psychopathic Units (built in 1926). The primary building faces Glendale, and includes the original hospital building, built in 1918, and the attached nurses' residence (1925). The complex includes three separate buildings. The Highland Park General Hospital sits on a 6-acre (2.4 ha) at the western edge of Highland Park, in an area that is primarily residential. The building was later renovated into apartments, and is now the Bella Vista Glen Senior Apartments. The hospital primarily served African Americans. It was closed in 1976 and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1979 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
To see a video interview with Dr.The Highland Park General Hospital is a former hospital complex located at 357 Glendale Avenue in Highland Park, Michigan. Some of the church and school property was sold to Redemption to the Nations Church.īut for several decades, hundreds of Highland Park Baptist worshipers flocked every Sunday to this church plant now mostly destroyed. Faulkner, who was said to be good at logistics and administration, later assisted with the Highland Park/Tennessee Temple ministries before taking over as senior pastor.Īs a historical footnote during this time, on May 21, 1976, Ronald Reagan came and spoke at Tennessee Temple’s McGilvray Gymnasium near the destroyed structures in his unsuccessful campaign for president before his election four years later.Īs the late 20 th and early 21 st centuries arrived, the Highland Park Baptist membership and attendance began declining, and the church in 2013 announced plans to move elsewhere and rename itself Church of the Highlands. The church also opened Tennessee Temple University in 1946, and the campus began expanding in that immediate neighborhood.ĭr. The 1922 building eventually became known as the Phillips Memorial Chapel. He started out preaching in the 1922 structure, but worshipers apparently took to his evangelistic style that focused on literal Bible teaching, and a temporary tabernacle type facility was built across Union Avenue.īy about 1947, what would become known as the Chauncey-Goode Auditorium opened on the east side of the 1922 building and became the main worship facility. Prior to that, he had done evangelism preaching in the Birmingham area and had also worked at churches in the Germantown and Greenbriar areas of Tennessee. Roberson came to Highland Park Baptist Church in 1942 from First Baptist Church in Fairfield, Al. The design found in the 1922 Chattanooga newspaper apparently shows some windows, but not the plain-like faces against the more ornate architecture.Īnother Chattanooga building with a clock face is Founders Hall at UTC.ĭr.
The early 1920s building is unique in that it has some clock faces on its bell tower. While construction on the new church was taking place, the members worshiped at a junior high school located on East Main Street. The church was evidently completed and opened within a few weeks or months after that. However, some money problems delayed construction, but it began anew in the spring of 1922 after some work had already been done. It soon built a wood frame building at the corner of Union and South Orchard Knob avenues, but ground was broken for the current facility at the same site shortly after World War I ended. After it built a church on Beech Street, it called itself Beech Street Baptist Church.īy the early 1900s, however, it had become Highland Park Baptist Church. Highland Park Baptist Church had started in 1890 and was originally called Orchard Knob Baptist Church. The later Bailey Avenue worship facility designed by Harrison Gill and currently used by Redemption to the Nations Church was not damaged. Also still intact was its green stained-glass window fronting Union Avenue, although the education building to its rear was gone. Called the Chauncey-Goode Auditorium, it served as the main worship facility until the larger facility opened on Bailey Avenue in September 1981.Īn inspection from a block or so away Saturday afternoon revealed that the auditorium appeared to be virtually destroyed, while the old 1920s church building was heavily damaged but still had some walls standing.
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