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Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
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An extensive history of the Saint Nicholas parish is available from that group's website: http://www.stnickaa.org/Parish%20History/parishhistory.htm
The church sponsors an annual Ya'ssoo Greek Festival in June.
[edit] North Main Street building
The building at 414 N. Main Street, pictured, was constructed in 1935 by the Saint Nicholas and Holy Trinity Parish, a newly formed joint congregation of two local Greek churches. The architect was Ypsilanti based Ralph S. Gerganoff. Services were held in this location until 2002, when the church outgrew the building and moved to a new structure on Scio Church Road.
The building is currently owned by McKinley Associates, and will likely be redeveloped at some point - two proposals have so far been brought forward. The first, a 19-story condominium tower, was rejected by the Planning Commission as too large for the location; the second, brought by developer Michael Concannon, would locate an 8-story condominium building on the Main Street side of the site, and a 4-story condo building on the Fourth Avenue side.
[edit] In the news
- Old Greek Orthodox church still set to be razed, Ann Arbor News, Feb 2008
- For months, the former Greek Orthodox Church on North Main Street in downtown Ann Arbor has been an eyesore awaiting demolition, with pieces of plastic covering its windows blowing in the breeze.
