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J. Ivan Dise

Architect, 1887 to 1969

Healy International Academy, drawn from its recorded size and kind until a photo we may share turns up

Healy International Academy leads Dise's work on record here, the school that opened in Detroit's Castle Rouge in 1893. Another 3 of Dise's works are on record across Detroit, built from 1893 to 1927, each on the map below.

works on record in Metro Detroit
4
of work here, 1893 to 1927
34 years
Detroit neighborhoods
4

J. Ivan Dise's Metro Detroit, drawn to scale

All 4 of Dise's works on record, oldest at left. None has a height on record, so each is drawn at one standard size in the shape of its kind.

All 4 of Dise's works on record, oldest at left. None has a height on record, so each is drawn at one standard size in the shape of its kind.

Healy International Academy

1893, Detroit, height not on record, drawn at one standard size

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The story

J. Ivan Dise was born in 1887 and died in 1969. Of everything Dise designed here, Healy International Academy leads the list, a school in Detroit's Castle Rouge, finished in 1893.

All 4 of Dise's works on record are still standing. A span of 34 years separates Healy International Academy (1893) from the Louis Miller House (1927), the first and last of Dise's works here.

The 1920s were Dise's busiest decade here, with 3 works on record. On Law School, Dise shares credit with Byron E. Mills.

Inside the city, Dise's buildings stand in 4 neighborhoods, from Castle Rouge to Palmer Woods. Anyone tracing Dise's work can begin at Healy International Academy at 12834 West Parkway and follow the map from there.

J. Ivan Dise's mark on Metro Detroit, building by building

Where their buildings stand

4 works on the map

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  • Works close together

4 works on the map

Who Dise worked with

Sources

The facts on J. Ivan Dise come from Historic Detroit; Rebuild Detroit wrote the story above from them, and each photo names its license.