Patrick Member Username: Patrick
Post Number: 3158 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.72.148.58
| Posted on Sunday, January 01, 2006 - 10:42 pm: | |
A while back we did a thread about the finest schools (architecturally speaking) in the area. I believe it has been lost though. Anyone have pics of Detroit’s beautiful schools to share? Suggestions? I always thought Fordson and GPS were the two prettiest schools in the area. It is sad to see the garbage that is being built out in the wealthier burbs. None of these new super-schools (Stoney Creek/Dakota) can compare as far as architectural class is concerned. At least not with the grand schools built up until about 1940. Like I said before, people tend to forget about the architecture of Detroit’s schools. No one really recognizes just how beautiful these structures are and the potential they have. |
Ndavies Member Username: Ndavies
Post Number: 1486 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 70.230.228.201
| Posted on Sunday, January 01, 2006 - 10:54 pm: | |
I think I'll disagree with the older is better school of thought right off the bat. I'll start you off with the new Cass tech. I took this picture this afternoon. I was really after the light on the houses in front. The school was a tag along.
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Ltorivia485 Member Username: Ltorivia485
Post Number: 2268 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 69.212.51.29
| Posted on Sunday, January 01, 2006 - 11:03 pm: | |
The New Cass Tech is UGLY. Maybe DPS will realize that glass and winter and cheap materials do not mix in Michigan!!!! |
Ghetto_butterfly
Member Username: Ghetto_butterfly
Post Number: 571 Registered: 09-2004 Posted From: 68.60.139.186
| Posted on Sunday, January 01, 2006 - 11:17 pm: | |
Check out the Antietam Lofts, it used to be a school. |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 635 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 216.203.223.81
| Posted on Sunday, January 01, 2006 - 11:35 pm: | |
Capitol High School, Detroit's first, located on Griswold and State, now site of Capitol Park. Destroyed by fire.
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Jams Member Username: Jams
Post Number: 2456 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 70.229.47.104
| Posted on Sunday, January 01, 2006 - 11:53 pm: | |
Hornwrecker, Any idea if any of those buildings was Seymour Finney's hotel of Underground Railroad fame? http://www.michmarkers.com/Fra meset.htm |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 636 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 216.203.223.81
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 12:04 am: | |
Jams, they are only identified as the "Hodges Building, now site of David Stott Bldg. & on left hand side the Spring Bed Factory, now site of American State Bank". So I guess that the building on the right is blocking the veiw of it, being on the southeast corner. Finney's was on the northeast corner according to your link. I may show up on another photo, I'll keep my eyes open for it. I did find that the fire was Jan. 27, 1893. |
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 171 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 207.200.116.134
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 12:05 am: | |
At the other extreme, I always thought WSU's Old Main was probably the ugliest building ever built. I'd call it the Phyllis Diller of schools. |
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto
Post Number: 1611 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.2.148.196
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 12:15 am: | |
Ray, have you been drinking? Perhaps you are talking about the hack job that WSU did on the inside a few years back? Or are you serious? I guess that you haven't seen the "new" Northwestern HS, or even better, the absolute poster child for hideous school architecture; Amelia Earhart Middle School, Scotten at I-75 service drive. Earhart is stunningly ugly, even by 1960's standards, and oh, it blends in so well in a neighborhood of early 20th century buildings. |
Boshna Member Username: Boshna
Post Number: 106 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 68.60.137.62
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 12:22 am: | |
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Boshna Member Username: Boshna
Post Number: 107 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 68.60.137.62
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 12:30 am: | |
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Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 172 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 207.200.116.134
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 1:44 am: | |
Barnesfoto, maybe it's because of unhappy memories in Old Main that I blurped that off the top of my head.......Flunked two lit classes in that building. It put a curse on me so I shall curse it back. P.S. I still hate Shakespeare. |
Neilr Member Username: Neilr
Post Number: 160 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 69.242.215.65
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 2:48 am: | |
The Detroit Public Schools has a long and proud history of building architecturally outstanding buildings. Significantly, the economic status of the neighborhood has not been the deciding factor in determining the quality of that area's schools. Some of my favorite examples: The educational park complex at Linwood and Tuxedo includes Central HS, Durfee MS, and until about 20 years ago, Roosevelt Elementary School. They formed a unified grouping in the Tudor style. Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, formerly named Custer, on Linwood and the Lodge is, to my eye, an outstanding example of a solidly handsome, large school, You can see it from the Lodge. Notice its white terra cotta cornice. An added feature of this school is that our very own Leoqueen went there for grade school! Wirt Rowland (Guardian Bldg., etc.) designed a number of our schools including Thirkell and Stephens Elementaries. Gardner Elementary has strong, horizontal lines that give it a Prairie School feeling. Wingert, a proud old school with a great history on West Grand Blvd., is a knock-out, if you can see past the blue windows. Mayberry Elementary School, on the west side of Clark Park is a fine, old white brick building with newer ivory colored windows overlooking the park. And Western HS impressively holds the eastern edge of the park. Southeastern HS has a number of museum-quality Pewabic tile drinking fountains that were donated by various graduating classes in years past. I agree with Ndavies, the new Cass Tech is stunning. and I believe it has taken DPS back into national-class school architecture. I would urge you to see Catherine Ferguson School, formerly Chaney, on Lawton just north of ML KIng Street. The exterior tile work and the windows still take my breath away every time I drive by. And make sure you see what's in the backyard! |
623kraw
Member Username: 623kraw
Post Number: 736 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.41.224.200
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 3:46 am: | |
Cooper Elementary School on Georgia, just south of the Urban Prarie...
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Wolverine Member Username: Wolverine
Post Number: 93 Registered: 04-2004 Posted From: 24.231.201.120
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 4:39 am: | |
I always thought Cooley High had some interesting architecture http://www.umich.edu/~ifmuth/c ooley.jpg Except for on the back of the building there's an ugly modern addition |
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan
Post Number: 2921 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.172.95.197
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 4:59 am: | |
My mom went to all of the schools at the Linwood and Tuxedo. Detroit does have some beautiful schools. I must say that though I'm not much a fan of a lot of recent modern architecture (80's foward), find Cass Tech and the School for the Arts to both be horrible. It's not just that it's modern, they really look cheap despite being anything but, and Cass Tech in particular. |
Sumotect Member Username: Sumotect
Post Number: 146 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 64.243.32.9
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 10:26 am: | |
Cass tech is by no means a cheap building, that uses cheap materials. It is one of the most expensive high schools ever built. A true Flagship. |
Hardhat Member Username: Hardhat
Post Number: 73 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.208.36.124
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 10:55 am: | |
Here's a link to an article about the Southeastern H.S. renovation. http://www.detroitbuildingtrad es.org/newspapr/sept302005.htm l |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 637 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 63.41.8.33
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 11:37 am: | |
McMillan School, 615 S West End Anyone want to analyze the architecture? I'll take requests to find a school, otherwise I'll just post what peaks my interest for using different things in Photoshop, like lighting and perspective changes, both done on this photo from WSU. |
Arab_guyumich Member Username: Arab_guyumich
Post Number: 718 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 69.14.179.212
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 11:40 am: | |
Dearborn-Fordson is a gem...I'll try to take some pics later today. |
Wirt Member Username: Wirt
Post Number: 1 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 64.243.32.9
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 11:52 am: | |
Cass Tech is great! Fordson was the most expensive school in the country when it was built. |
Wirt Member Username: Wirt
Post Number: 2 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 64.243.32.9
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 11:54 am: | |
Here is a picture of Fordson. |
Wirt Member Username: Wirt
Post Number: 3 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 64.243.32.9
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 12:03 pm: | |
Here is a picture of Cass Tech |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 638 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 63.41.8.33
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 12:17 pm: | |
A pic of U of D HS when it was built in 1930.
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Detroitduo Member Username: Detroitduo
Post Number: 406 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 68.255.243.195
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 12:24 pm: | |
Personally, while I love the architecture of the older buildings, I also love the new Cass Tech and Performance Arts buildings. I was torn about the building of the new Cass Tech, because the old one is beautiful. But, now I am quite satisfied, because I get to see BOTH out my front window. |
Urban_shocker Member Username: Urban_shocker
Post Number: 239 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 68.248.7.192
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 12:33 pm: | |
Shout out to Mumford HS. Building colors match the school colors and they're slick. |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 639 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 63.41.8.33
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 12:54 pm: | |
Here is Cooley HS in its original condition. Italianate, Venetian? What style is it? |
Patrick Member Username: Patrick
Post Number: 3160 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.79.89.52
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 5:14 pm: | |
anyone have pics of Detroit Central? |
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto
Post Number: 1614 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 216.203.223.84
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 5:32 pm: | |
thanks, hornwrecker, for those photos. Sadly, McMillan school is abandoned and was open to trespass last time I drove by. I think that going to school in some fine old DPS Buildings (Burt, Cerveny and Redford HS) gave me an appreciation for fine old architecture. Most of the older DPS buildings have Pewabic Tile, and some even have WPA Murals. Unlike Ray, I flunked no classes, so I bear no ill-will towards old main. (But, again, the renovation done a few years ago was really a hack job) |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 640 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.2.149.137
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 5:45 pm: | |
Somebody mentioned how awful Amelia Earhart JHS is: WTF were they thinking and where's my flying car? |
Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 1701 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 4.229.129.109
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 6:45 pm: | |
Hornwrecker, that Cooley HS architectural style looks like "Spanish Mission" style architecture to me! And that gaw'd awful Earhart JHS looks like 1960's Brutalist style to me. Looks like a design any 10 year old kid could slap together with Lego! My all time favorite schools are definitely Fordson HS in Dearborn, and Grosse Pointe South HS in Grosse Pte. Farms. Fordson has the upper hand in details (Elizabethan/Jacobean architecture) and richness. But because much of Fordson's front lawn was lost to the widening of Ford Rd. many years ago, Grosse Pte. South has the edge in monumentality. It is wonderfully (and symmetrically) positioned at the corner of Fisher Rd. and Grosse Pte. Blvd. with an expanse of trees, lawns and walkways that give it a magnificent setting. (Message edited by gistok on January 02, 2006) |
Jenniferl Member Username: Jenniferl
Post Number: 222 Registered: 03-2004 Posted From: 4.229.42.10
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 8:19 pm: | |
I like that picture of Capitol High School. That's a really pretty building. I haven't seen the new Cass Tech in person, but based on the photos I don't like the looks of it. It might look OK in a place like Novi or Troy, but it doesn't suit the architecture of an older neighborhood like the Cass Corridor. |
Gary Member Username: Gary
Post Number: 102 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 71.144.94.101
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 9:24 pm: | |
The new Renaissance High campus on W. Outer Drive, adjacent to the old Catholic Central/Renenaissance High I site, really looks sharp from the outside. |
Evelethcdenver Member Username: Evelethcdenver
Post Number: 83 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 209.180.254.19
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 9:56 pm: | |
U of D High School is beautiful inside and outside. Love the detail on the outside of the building. |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 641 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.2.148.208
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 10:08 pm: | |
This is what remained of Capitol High School after the fire on Jan 27, 1893. From the accounts that I've read about it, it was tinderbox, and went up in minutes. Accounts are in the John C. Lodge and Detroit News history column books.
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Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 642 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.2.148.208
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 10:51 pm: | |
Gistok, I don't have a clue about the style, psuedo-Vatican maybe, I suppose I'll have to dig out my dictionary of architecture. Since you mentioned GPS, here are a couple of photos as it was being finished. Strange to see it without any trees or other buildings around it. This is the Maybury School, 4410 Porter St; I played many a concert introducing the kiddies to classical music here, in the past.
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Dialh4hipster Member Username: Dialh4hipster
Post Number: 1255 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 208.54.15.129
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 2:01 am: | |
U of D High is just a gorgeous school. I am less crazy about the new addition, but it is so gratifying to me that such an amazing high school facility is still located in the city of Detroit. Also, I loooove the new Cass Tech, almost as much as I love the old one. |
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto
Post Number: 1621 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.2.148.65
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 8:11 am: | |
Even more beautiful than Maybury was the "old" Western HS, destroyed by fire in the 1930's. The "old" Northwestern, which I remember from childhood trips to Hudson's on the Grand River Bus was nice too. I also like the new Cass Tech. There seems to be a brave movement in public architecture away from the ugly, functionalist boxes of the last 50 years. Folks mention Fordson; I was in it last year just after they had finished an addition. The new part of the school blends in with the old seamlessly. Kudos to those responsible. |
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw
Post Number: 1108 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 69.218.79.131
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 9:02 am: | |
GPS: fantastic design and materials indeed, Gistok. I enjoyed every day I went there, and appreciate it even more now. It had two additions, or more like side-buildings for science and industrial arts, in the 50s and 60s, which were not much to write home about, but it's most recent renovations have been much nicer, with Tennessee marble and Pewabic tile to match the main building. The grade schools in parts of the Grosse Pointes also have some amazing details, such as Richard, Trombley, Defer, Maire and Pierce. The new Cass Tech does the job, and creates a stunning variety around Cass Park, similar to the variety now created around Campus Martius. |
Detroit_stylin Member Username: Detroit_stylin
Post Number: 2192 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.202.227.12
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 11:53 am: | |
Yeah I'd have to admit that my alma matter (sp?)Central HS is one of the more beautiful high schools in the city... |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 644 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.19.21.70
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 12:33 pm: | |
Old Cass Tech at the time of construction (there was some lens shading, so I pasted in some new sky, that's why the telephone pole top is missing) The bridge over to Commerce High WSU/VMC |
Wirt Member Username: Wirt
Post Number: 4 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 64.243.32.9
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 12:59 pm: | |
Great photos! |
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026
Post Number: 326 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 71.10.63.140
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 1:00 pm: | |
that bridge is beautiful |
Wirt Member Username: Wirt
Post Number: 5 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 64.243.32.9
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 1:05 pm: | |
In the Cass/ Commerce bridge photo, you can see the original location of the memorial inscription that commemorated the 67 students who died in World War 1. It still exists on the old Cass in the location where the bridge used to be. |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 645 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.2.149.192
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 9:48 pm: | |
Just for Ray, here is how Old Central High School (Old Main) looked like, when he attended it.
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Expat Member Username: Expat
Post Number: 26 Registered: 07-2004 Posted From: 24.60.133.101
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 9:58 pm: | |
Hornwrecker, where did you get these fantastic historical images? Source? |
Psip
Member Username: Psip
Post Number: 746 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.246.13.131
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 10:03 pm: | |
A few more pix of the Old Cass Tech. Commerce High School and Vernor under wideing at Grand River. WSU |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 646 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.2.149.192
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 10:13 pm: | |
Expat, sorry I forgot to label the last set, which were from the Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company collection. LOC/DPC The others are from Wayne State's Virtual Motor City WSU/VMC I thought everyone knew by now where most of these are coming from by now (plus a bunch of other sites that I haven't even searched yet). |
Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 1706 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 207.69.137.26
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 10:43 pm: | |
Hornwrecker, the architectural style for old Cooley HS is SPANISH COLONIAL. That is also the style of most old churches in Mexico. |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 647 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.2.149.192
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 11:13 pm: | |
Thanks for the info, though my next guess would have been Moorish Mayhem, but I'll buy Spanish Colonial. Any info on the architectural firm of Malcomson & Higginbotham? I've run into their name for a couple of upcoming schools, both built in the first decade of the last century. (That's as far as I'm going to research anything besides finding photos for this thread, if details are wanted, somebody is going to have to crack a book or two.) |
Psip
Member Username: Psip
Post Number: 748 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.246.13.131
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 11:43 pm: | |
Here is a great history of Cass Tech. http://home.att.net/~rodney.j. martin/CassTech_1917.htm and the official Cass Tech Alumni Assoc. http://www.casstechalumni.org/ |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 648 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.2.149.192
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 11:49 pm: | |
Preston School, 1251 17th St, betwixt Fort and Porter. LOC/Built in America Collection |
Wirt Member Username: Wirt
Post Number: 6 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 64.243.32.9
| Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 9:49 am: | |
Malcomson & Higginbotham Architects - They did a lot of the DPS work during that period (Cass Tech, old Central/Main, etc.). They also did Henry Ford's first big house on Edison I believe. Their office was in the Moffat Building |
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto
Post Number: 1626 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.2.148.173
| Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 12:02 pm: | |
They also did a number of houses on Grand Blvd. near W.Vernor |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 652 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.2.148.246
| Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 12:51 pm: | |
Northwestern HS, built 1911, M & H architects. LOC Northern HS, Woodward and Clairmount WSU |
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw
Post Number: 1111 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 141.213.173.94
| Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 1:13 pm: | |
Northern HS reminds me of the Graduate Library at UM (by Kahn). Gistok, a cool example of Spanish Colonial style is the closed-down St. Margaret Mary church and school just north of Warren and west of St. Jean. |
Mikem Member Username: Mikem
Post Number: 2231 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.43.15.105
| Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 7:15 pm: | |
If it wasn't mentioned previously, the Capitol High School was, of course, the State Capitol before it moved to Lansing. I think Detroit has some fantastic school buildings. Some of the schoolss I have pictures of: Burbank with its Griffons and Indian head dress? Christopher Columbus with the Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria, and ? Alexander Hamilton: Southeastern HS with the Michigan State Seal on one side and the City's on the other:
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Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 1710 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 207.69.138.134
| Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 7:32 pm: | |
Wow, Alexander Hamilton school looks like a scaled down version of Grosse Pte. South HS. I bet the same architect did both. |
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw
Post Number: 1117 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 141.213.173.94
| Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 7:44 pm: | |
No kidding, that's a nice looking place. |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 656 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.2.148.220
| Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 10:42 pm: | |
Western High School. Fire happened sometime in the 1930s judging by the fire equipment, can't find out any more info on it on the net.
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Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen
Post Number: 1070 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.14.122.57
| Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 11:12 pm: | |
Northern High School was designed by Wirt Rowland, who worked with most of Detroit's major architects and architectural firms, including Kahn. In addition to the already mentioned Thirkell and Stephens elementary schools, Rowland's other school designs include: Burton International School, Noble Elementary, Northwestern HS, Southeastern HS, and Maire Elementary (Grosse Pointe). [There could be a couple more, but my files and notebooks were packed away for the holidays. I'll doublecheck this list when the file is unearthed.] For more info on Rowland: http://www.wirtrowland.org/int ro.htm |
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen
Post Number: 1073 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.14.122.57
| Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 11:52 pm: | |
Mackenzie High School, named for David Mackenzie. Located at 9275 Wyoming between W. Chicago Blvd. and Oakman Blvd. This building is beautiful!!! Look at the colors!!! From the Michigan Historic Marker in front of the Mackenzie House on Cass Ave. (now home to Preservation Wayne): Educator, scholar, and humanitarian, Mackenzie fostered higher education of Detroit students. While principal of Central High School, then housed in what is now "Old Main," he established the Detroit Junior College in 1917. Six years later that institution expanded to become the College of the City of Detroit with Mackenzie as its first dean. This was the nucleus from which Wayne State University grew. |
Broken_main Member Username: Broken_main
Post Number: 565 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 69.222.11.226
| Posted on Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 12:24 am: | |
My neighborbor High school...Beautiful inside as welll. My mother is a retired teacher Mackenzie High 2001 |
Alexei289 Member Username: Alexei289
Post Number: 960 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.61.183.223
| Posted on Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 2:19 am: | |
I really love South Eastern. I think that the brickwork on that building is exceptional and that just the masonry and stone work alone do it justice, without adding fancy artwork. |
Nativegirl Member Username: Nativegirl
Post Number: 51 Registered: 01-2004 Posted From: 136.1.1.33
| Posted on Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 9:22 am: | |
Does anyone have a picture of the old Eastern High (before it was torn down and MLKing High was erected to take it place)? This was my dad's alma mater. Also, Northeastern, which was off of Grandy and Chene? Last but not least, what was on the land that Kettering High (which I believe was the last Detroit High School built) is now on? |
Jsmyers Member Username: Jsmyers
Post Number: 1335 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 209.131.7.68
| Posted on Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 12:02 pm: | |
What is the large building right next to the Lodge, just south of the BE curve? One block south of Clairmont at Byron. It looks like a school. Is it still used? |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 658 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.19.21.41
| Posted on Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 12:06 pm: | |
Majeske School, 2139 Trombley, built 1913, demolished 1981 for Poletown plant. LOC/BiA (Looks like that there's a few Volares in the parking lot.) |
Neilr Member Username: Neilr
Post Number: 164 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 69.242.215.65
| Posted on Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 12:36 pm: | |
Jsmyers, The building on the SW corner of Clairmont and the Lodge is the old Crosman School. Lily Tomlin went there for grade school. It now has an alternative high school program. South of Crosman, is the Herman-Kiefer complex of buildings that house Detroit's Dept. of Health. The main building is about 10 stories high, facing the Lodge. Then there are a number of 2 story bulidings that seem to now be unused on the campus. |
Jsmyers Member Username: Jsmyers
Post Number: 1336 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 209.131.7.68
| Posted on Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 1:42 pm: | |
Thanks Neilr, I think I'm thinking of the Herman-Kiefer complex. It is a full block south of Clairmont, and it is both tall and large. What was it built for? |
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen
Post Number: 1077 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 140.244.107.151
| Posted on Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 4:46 pm: | |
"Herman Kiefer Hospital was the city of Detroit's hospital for contagious diseases." Well known for their treatment of tuberculosis and polio. It has also been used for Rehabilitation Medicine. The Detroit Health Department's Office of Vital Records is located there; birth and death records from 1910 to the present are stored there and made available. FYI..I believe both Albert Kahn and Louis Kamper had a hand in one or more of the buildings over the years as the complex grew. |
Mikem Member Username: Mikem
Post Number: 2236 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.43.15.105
| Posted on Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 6:20 pm: | |
One of my favorites is the Andrew Jackson Intermediate School on Marlborough built in 1928, now renamed the Ronald McNair Middle School. Nothing fancy in the details, but I like it's style, color, and proportions. It's hard to photograph since it's on a residential street and you can't back away far enough to fit it in the lens. I had to take this first shot from an alley across the street: I love whatever you call these features - they look similar to a lighthouse and I'm sure I've seen them lit at night. If not, they should be:
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Mikem Member Username: Mikem
Post Number: 2237 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.43.15.105
| Posted on Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 6:22 pm: | |
A few blocks away is the now closed Geo. Hosmer Elementary School, featuring gargoyles and owls:
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Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 663 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.2.149.84
| Posted on Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 10:09 pm: | |
Mikem, I think that feature fits the definition of a cupola, a type of smaller vaulted dome, or lighter weight structure with windows atop the main one. (I finally dug out my three volume dictionary of architecture.) Anybody have the details on the Denby bldg.? I always was a sucker for a nautical theme. |
Mikem Member Username: Mikem
Post Number: 2251 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.43.15.105
| Posted on Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 10:21 pm: | |
Somewhere in the archives there are photos of the dedication of Denby and possibly Kettering. |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 684 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.19.18.201
| Posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 11:56 am: | |
Here's another casualty of the Poletown massacre, the Hervey Park School 3010 East Milwaukee. Built in 1901, Malcomson & Higginbotham architects. LOC |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 690 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.2.148.82
| Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 - 12:15 pm: | |
A couple of old photos of Eastern HS of rather poor quality. LOC |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 710 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 63.41.8.118
| Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 12:46 pm: | |
Since no one is interested in keeping this thread alive, I'll get rid of a couple of orphan photos. The main staircase of Western HS. The "new" additions to Southeastern HS.
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Eric_c Member Username: Eric_c
Post Number: 593 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.21.62.206
| Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 1:53 pm: | |
I thought Eastern would have been larger than that. Was it ever expanded beyond it's original footprint? I have an interest because the school sat on the lot bordered by E. Grand Boulevard, Mack, Field, and Goethe, about a block from my house. Today, a church sits at the corner of the Boulevard and Mack, while the rest of the lot is just a mowed field. |
Nativegirl Member Username: Nativegirl
Post Number: 53 Registered: 01-2004 Posted From: 136.2.1.101
| Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 2:43 pm: | |
Good question Eric C. My dad grew up on Superior and could have sworn that he and my uncles said Eastern was a huge campus. Eastern in the above pic look sort of like the old Northeastern campus that was torn down. NE was near Chene and Grandy if I am not mistaken. |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 712 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.19.20.169
| Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 4:12 pm: | |
This is an aerial view of Eastern HS from 1949. As you can see it was added to significantly from that early photo, from around the time it was built.
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Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 783 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.2.148.30
| Posted on Thursday, February 02, 2006 - 9:58 pm: | |
Southwestern HS New York Public Library (I'll post anything that I find in my OCF searches along the way) |
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner
Post Number: 117 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 64.12.116.204
| Posted on Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 9:04 pm: | |
HORN, McMillan School can be best classified as Richardsonian, the arched entrances and overhangs were a precursor to FLlW's pararie school. |
Olivia_oxendine Member Username: Olivia_oxendine
Post Number: 1 Registered: 06-2006 Posted From: 152.163.100.8
| Posted on Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 9:39 pm: | |
In my quest to find classmates who attended school with me nearly 50 years ago at Parke Davis Elementary, I came upon this site. The information about the architecture of schools in Detroit is captivating. What or who inspired this trend that dates back so many years? |
Detroitteacher Member Username: Detroitteacher
Post Number: 2 Registered: 06-2006 Posted From: 205.188.116.137
| Posted on Monday, June 19, 2006 - 4:48 pm: | |
I teach at Cooley High and we have recently renovated the auditorium (the most gorgeous in the city!! patterned after the Fox). To arrange for tours, please contact the school and they will be happy to help you out! Most of the original inside is intact (including the fallout shelter signs in the halls). |
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026
Post Number: 1144 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 24.231.189.137
| Posted on Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 12:17 pm: | |
Wow, the Alexander Hamilton is a GREAT looking building... I like it a lot! |
Prokopowicz Member Username: Prokopowicz
Post Number: 7 Registered: 02-2005
| Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 9:11 am: | |
Does anyone have a picture of the old Highland Park HS? |
Canyongal Member Username: Canyongal
Post Number: 1 Registered: 05-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, May 09, 2007 - 12:28 pm: | |
I am looking for a picture of the Tilden School which was located on Third and Kirby I think. It was torn down when the Lodge was built. I attended that school when I was young and just wanted to see what it looked like because I can't remember. Thanks in advance. Barb |
Jgavrile Member Username: Jgavrile
Post Number: 1 Registered: 09-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 2:37 pm: | |
Here is a picture of the old Highland Park High school at Glendale and 2nd. Built in 1918
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Patrick Member Username: Patrick
Post Number: 4824 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Sunday, August 19, 2007 - 6:09 pm: | |
Where did Eastern HS have their athletic fields? looks like they had a limited lot. |
Somerset_girl Member Username: Somerset_girl
Post Number: 2 Registered: 12-2007
| Posted on Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 11:00 am: | |
Hi Everyone, does anyone have pictures of Anthony Wayne elementary on Courville (east side)? Have to say this group is truly a font of Detroit knowledge! |
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289
Post Number: 165 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Monday, December 31, 2007 - 1:55 am: | |
shoulda been on this thread when i lived with my folks, got pix of what might have been the original Logan school on clayton&ciocotte. a buddy of mine claims that his house is the old school and it was moved across the st. the inside looked like it might have been a school at one time. |
Slipkid Member Username: Slipkid
Post Number: 8 Registered: 11-2008
| Posted on Monday, March 02, 2009 - 6:12 pm: | |
My votes are for Mackenzie, Cooley and Mumford. |