  Detroitderek Member Username: Detroitderek Post Number: 7 Registered: 09-2007 |
It is located on 7 Mile rd ( North Side ) just before Southfield Rd. I took a picture of it at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/d etroitderek/1415547388/"><img></a> . I'm not sure what they are doing with the building as it looks gutted from the back. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance! DD | ||
Nativegirl Member Username: Nativegirl Post Number: 88 Registered: 01-2004 |
This was a nursing home back in the late 80s and early nineties. Fox2detroit recently did a problem solver report on this building because copper thieves were really having a good ole time with this massive building. The name of the nursing home escapes me. | ||
Detroitderek Member Username: Detroitderek Post Number: 8 Registered: 09-2007 |
I remember seeing the special but I don't remember the name either. Thanks! | ||
Ramcharger Member Username: Ramcharger Post Number: 463 Registered: 05-2006 |
quote: What does that mean? "Just before" coming from the east or "just before" coming from the west? Besides, if it is close to the Southfield expressway it is not in Redford. | ||
Mikefive Member Username: Mikefive Post Number: 23 Registered: 11-2005 |
Is that the Arnold home? | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 1776 Registered: 12-2005 |
Yes, that is the Arnold home, formerly a "rest home" for the elderly. | ||
Detroitderek Member Username: Detroitderek Post Number: 9 Registered: 09-2007 |
I just checked Mapquest for ( 18520 W SEVEN MILE RD ) and looks like Mikefive and 56packman are correct. It is not Redford ( sorry ) and is west fo the Southfield Freeway. I checked the Arnold's Home's survey records from the State and they had a terrible rating, which may explain why it was shut down. Thanks again for the help! | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 1777 Registered: 12-2005 |
I hope like hell I'm right, I grew up along 7 mile (between Evergreen and Lahser) and drove past the Arnold home thousands of times on our way to the Lodge freeway. | ||
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe Post Number: 626 Registered: 08-2007 |
What was it before it was the Arnold Home? Jewish Home for the Aged, maybe? Yes, here is some history on this: As Detroit’s Jewish population moved northwest, Borman Hall, a modern facility that included married housing, opened in 1968 on Seven Mile Road and Sutherland. In 1971 Prentis Manor, an existing nursing home in Southfield, was acquired. These facilities became full scale nursing homes. Facilities for the well elderly were also needed. http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/c ollections/hefa_1697.htm Prentiss Manor closed a couple years ago and has been leveled. | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 1692 Registered: 04-2006 |
Is that the only nursing home in that stretch of 7 Mile? If so, it's crazy how blighted that place became in such a short time... | ||
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe Post Number: 627 Registered: 08-2007 |
That's what standing empty with no upkeep will do for a building, especially with copper miners going in and taking apart all the water and heating facilities. It doesn't take long. | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 1778 Registered: 12-2005 |
The Arnold home was there long before 1968 | ||
Detroitderek Member Username: Detroitderek Post Number: 10 Registered: 09-2007 |
Any ideas on when it opened? The only documentation I could find quickly related to 1976. | ||
Detroitderek Member Username: Detroitderek Post Number: 11 Registered: 09-2007 |
I believe that is a different building, not the Arnold Hall. Sunderland is 4 blocks West and a much small building. "Sutherland" is a street that is near and parallel to 10 mile rd. | ||
Detroitderek Member Username: Detroitderek Post Number: 12 Registered: 09-2007 |
I do have a picture of the back of the building I'll post at some point. There are walkways that connect the buildings - the walls and roof are gone on these, leaving only the floor. There are desks and even a piano that are sitting out on these walkways. | ||
Mikem Member Username: Mikem Post Number: 3476 Registered: 10-2003 |
Not sure how old the building is, but I have the Arnold Home listed at 18520 W Seven Mile in my directories as far back as 1935. The next oldest I have is 1925: Arnold Home for Aged Men 15270 Grand River Stella M. Logan, Matron | ||
Detroitderek Member Username: Detroitderek Post Number: 16 Registered: 09-2007 |
Wow! Thanks for the info. | ||
Krawlspace Member Username: Krawlspace Post Number: 322 Registered: 04-2004 |
My Great-Aunt Leone was a resident there for most of her adult life. She had a developmental disorder, and her sister, my Grandmother, had her set up there. She wasn't supposed to live past 15, but managed to get to 81! I remember going there as a kid in the 70's. The front lobby had been converted into a common room with a huge old console TV. I distinctly remember all the old folks huddled around watching The Price Is Right, and the saturation was all screwy on the TV, making everything all color washed. Always creeped me out. | ||
Detroitderek Member Username: Detroitderek Post Number: 19 Registered: 09-2007 |
Thank you everyone for all of your help. | ||
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian Post Number: 1695 Registered: 08-2006 |
It's at 7 and Greenview to be exact. | ||
Gary Member Username: Gary Post Number: 260 Registered: 02-2004 |
My uncle lived there for the last year or so of his life (he passed away in 2001). I visited him there and the place always seemed clean, secure and well maintained to me. I didn't know the place had closed. | ||
1953 Member Username: 1953 Post Number: 1462 Registered: 12-2004 |
Weird...I just passed this place for the first time yesterday - and already there is a thread about it! |
