Architecture
The First Unitarian Church of Detroit is a Romanesque Revival-style church built of red sandstone; although somewhat remodelled during the 1936 widening of Woodward, it remains substantially as built. The gabled facade has a great expanse of masonry; a simple four-bay porch with a shed roof and stone Romanesque columns spans the first floor. There is a two-story hip-roofed projection at the corner, and a side porch with stone piers covers a side entrance.
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