Jackson Gospel Hall, MI
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Jackson, MI
Jackson Gospel Hall is an open brethren (OB) assembly located in the southcentral portion of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, the city being the county seat of Jackson County, founded in 1829, and organized in 1832. It was named for the 7th President, Andrew Jackson, who served as such 1829-1937. The city is credited by Wikipedia as one of the birthplaces of the Republican Party, its first official meeting as that name was on July 6, 1854 to argue against the expansion of slavery, although technically the first meeting of Republicans was in Ripon, Wisconsin in a schoolhouse on March 20, 1854, so both locations claim the birthplaces.
Before Detroit was building cars on assembly lines in 1910, factories in Jackson were putting them together as early as 1902, including brand names such as Reeves, Jaxon, Jackson, CarterCar, Orlo, Whiting, Butcher and Gage; Buick, Janney, Globe, Steel Swallow, C.V.I., Imperial, Ames-Dean, Cutting, Standard Electric, Duck, Briscoe, Argo, Hollier, Hackett, Marion-Handly, Gem, Earl, Wolverine, and Kaiser-Darrin. The auto parts industry is still one of the largest employers of skilled machine operators in the county. Jackson was also the birthplace of the Coney Island hot dog, Michigan's first state prison (1838), the invention of the duplex corset (prior to the development of elastics), and an early site of moped parts.
Assembly History
The assembly was founded in 1914, and in 1927 it was meeting at 1414 S. West Ave., in the home of Charles Atkins, according to an assembly address list from that year. Its present location is at 910 Bennett St.
Locations
- 1414 S. West Ave., home of Charles Atkins +1927+
- 910 Bennett St. ?-present.
Correspondents
- Charles E. Atkinson +1927-1940+
- Nicholas Edmund "Nick" Sarlo (1929-2004)
- Doug Losey - present
