The Kirk In The Hills stands near Island Lake in Bloomfield Township. Colonel Edwin S. George, a Detroit businessman whose gift of his home and estate in 1947 made the Kirk possible. The cornerstone for the church was laid in 1951, the same year Colonel George died. His remains are entombed under the narthex of the Kirk’s sanctuary. The architectural firm of George D. Mason completed the church based on preliminary designs by Wirt Rowland. George Mason designed several of Michigan’s iconic buildings including the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. The Kirk in the Hills is modeled after Scotland’s Melrose Abbey. It was almost a decade before services could be held in the church. During construction a fire destroyed the roof and delayed completion of the church. The first service was held in November of 1958.
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