by A. K. Hoagland. Wells D. Butterfield was a Detroit architect with a specialty in churches. Biography Wells D. Butterfield (1859-1936) was born in Algonac, Michigan, and established an architectural practice in Detroit beginning in 1891. He specialized in churches, designing at least 65 of them in Michigan, including the Methodist Episcopal church at Traverse… Read more Wells D. Butterfield
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First Methodist Episcopal Church
by A. K. Hoagland. Architect: Wells D. Butterfield Superintendent of construction: A. H. Ryckman Location: Kearsarge between 3rd and 4th Streets, Laurium Built: 1902 In 1898 about thirty Methodists living in the relatively young village of Laurium decided to form their own church, separate from the Methodist church on Calumet Avenue in Calumet. Four years later,… Read more First Methodist Episcopal Church