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Sidney Badgley

Canadian-American architect, 1850 to 1917, born in Ernestown Township, Ontario, Canada

Highland Park Presbyterian Church, Highland Park, 1910 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Highland Park Presbyterian Church leads Badgley's work on record here, the park that opened in Highland Park in 1910, on the National Register since 1982. It is one of 3 works by Badgley on record across 2 counties.

works on record in Metro Detroit
3
towns and cities, Detroit most of all
3
notable works beyond Metro Detroit
7

Sidney Badgley, here and around the world, by height

All 3 of Badgley's works on record, with Badgley's 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.

All 3 of Badgley's works on record, with Badgley's 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.

Highland Park Presbyterian Church

1910, Highland Park, height not on record, drawn at one standard size

Still standing, photographed 2013

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The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

Sidney Badgley lived from 1850 to 1917, a life that began in Ernestown Township, Ontario, Canada, and Wikidata describes Badgley as a Canadian-American architect. The work that leads Badgley's record here is Highland Park Presbyterian Church, a park in Highland Park, finished in 1910 and listed on the National Register in 1982.

The record opens in 1910 with Highland Park Presbyterian Church, as the auto boom spread out from Detroit and the suburbs began to fill in, and closes in 1911 with Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church. Outside Metro Detroit, Badgley's work includes the Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario (1894), Calvary Baptist Church in Providence, Rhode Island (1897), and Deering Memorial United Methodist Church in Paris, Maine.

Badgley & Nicklas is credited beside Badgley on Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church. Sidney Rose Badgley is credited beside Badgley on Highland Park Presbyterian Church.

Every one of Badgley's 3 works on record still stands. The map below reaches Wayne County and Livingston County, 3 towns in all, wherever Badgley built.

In Detroit, Badgley's work stands in Piety Hill. Anyone tracing Badgley's work can begin at Highland Park Presbyterian Church at 14 Cortland St and follow the map from there.

Sidney Rose Badgley (May 28, 1850, April 29, 1917) was a prominent start-of-the-20th-century Canadian-born architect. He was active throughout the United States and Canada, with a significant body of work in Cleveland.

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Every Badgley work on record here

Where their buildings stand

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3 works on the map

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3 works on the map

Sidney Badgley's work elsewhere

7 notable works by Sidney Badgley in 7 places, from 1894 to 1897, as Wikidata lists them.

Who Badgley worked with

Where the work stands

Photo credits

All 11 photos on Sidney Badgley's page, each with its author, license and the original.

  1. The Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Highland Park, Michigan, United States, is listed on the US National Register..., 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Published monthly, the focus is on Cleveland architecture and building news, 1903 Photo: Cleveland Engineering Society, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. The Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church on Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, that has been listed on the National..., 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. Grand River Avenue, Downtown Howell MI, 2011 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. Massey Hall Photo: Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. Calvary Baptist Church Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  7. Deering Memorial United Methodist Church Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  8. First Presbyterian Church Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  9. Hobart First Methodist Episcopal Church Photo: Nyttend, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  10. Jones Home for Children Photo: Cricchetti, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  11. Pilgrim Congregational Church Photo: Nyttend, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

The facts on Sidney Badgley come from Wikidata, Wikipedia, and Photos; Rebuild Detroit wrote the story above from them, and each photo names its license.