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Joseph G. Kastler

Architect

St. Josaphat Catholic Church, drawn from its recorded size and kind until a photo we may share turns up

Designer of St. Josaphat Catholic Church, the church that went up in Detroit's Medical Center in 1901. The Burns Hotel, Detroit (1908), is the other Kastler work on record here.

Joseph G. Kastler's Metro Detroit, drawn to scale

Both of Kastler'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.

Both of Kastler'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.

St. Josaphat Catholic Church

1901, Detroit, height not on record, drawn at one standard size

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The story

Of everything Kastler designed here, St. Josaphat Catholic Church leads the list, a church in Detroit's Medical Center, finished in 1901.

A span of 7 years separates St. Josaphat Catholic Church (1901) from the Burns Hotel (1908), the first and last of Kastler's works here. The region has lost the Burns Hotel, demolished in 1925 from Kastler's record.

St. Josaphat Catholic Church still stands. In Detroit, Kastler's work stands in Medical Center. On St. Josaphat Catholic Church, Kastler shares credit with William E.N. Hunter. Go see St. Josaphat Catholic Church at 715 E. Canfield St for yourself.

Joseph G. Kastler's mark on Metro Detroit, building by building

Where their buildings stand

2 works on the map

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2 works on the map

Who Kastler worked with

Where the work stands

Sources

The facts on Joseph G. Kastler come from Historic Detroit; Rebuild Detroit wrote the story above from them, and each photo names its license.