Calvin N. Otis
American architect, 1814 to 1883
Designer of Mariners Church, the church that went up in Detroit. in 1849, on the National Register since 1971. Church of the Messiah, Detroit's Islandview (1852), is the other Otis work on record here.
Calvin N. Otis, here and around the world, by height
Both of Otis' works on record, with Otis' work elsewhere drawn paler, oldest at left. None has a height on record, so each is drawn at one standard size in the shape of its kind.
Both of Otis' works on record, with Otis' work elsewhere drawn paler, oldest at left. None has a height on record, so each is drawn at one standard size in the shape of its kind.
Mariners Church
1849, Detroit., height not on record, drawn at one standard size
Still standing, photographed 2024
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The story
The American architect Calvin N. Otis was born in 1814 and died in 1883. Of everything Otis designed here, Mariners Church leads the list, a church in Detroit., finished in 1849 and listed on the National Register in 1971.
Far from Woodward Avenue, Otis designed Broadway Auditorium in Buffalo, New York (1913). Otis' Metro Detroit work on record runs from Mariners Church in 1849 to Church of the Messiah in 1852. Both Mariners Church and Church of the Messiah still stand.
On Church of the Messiah, Otis shares credit with William Buck Stratton. Otis' work here stands in Detroit and Detroit.. In Detroit, Otis' work stands in Islandview. Mariners Church at 170 E. Jefferson Ave., Detroit is a good first stop for anyone tracing Otis' buildings.
Calvin Nicholas Otis (June 23, 1814, January 22, 1883) was an American architect from Buffalo, New York.
Calvin N. Otis' mark on Metro Detroit, building by building
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Mariners Church
1849, Detroit., House of worship
Still standing, photographed 2024
Photo: Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Church of the Messiah 1852, Detroit's Islandview, House of worship Standing and open
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Calvin N. Otis' work elsewhere
One notable work by Calvin N. Otis in Buffalo, New York, as Wikidata lists them.
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Broadway Auditorium Buffalo, New York, 1913 Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Who Otis worked with
- William Buck Stratton on Church of the Messiah
Where the work stands
Photo credits
All 2 photos on Calvin N. Otis' page, each with its author, license and the original.
- Built in 1849, this Gothic Revival-style building, known as the Mariners Church, was designed by Calvin N. Otis and..., 2024 Photo: Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Broadway Auditorium Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Sources
The facts on Calvin N. Otis come from Historic Detroit, Wikidata, and Wikipedia; Rebuild Detroit wrote the story above from them, and each photo names its license.