Walking down Jefferson near Hart Plaza, the Renaissance Center, and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, you are sure to see Mariners Church, which sits right near these locations. This church is mentioned in the Gordon Lightfoot song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" as the Church that tolled its bell 29 times for the men lost on the Edmund Fitzgerald in November 1975.
The church is a part of the Anglican Church. According to Mariners' website, the congregation started in 1842. The CHurch building was moved to its current location in the mid 1950s. The picture of Mariners' along the courtyard there reminds me of a church in the country whenever I see it. There's a statue of George Washington on Church grounds, as well. The statue pays tribute to the First President of the United States and the "Father of Our Country", as he is referred to.
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