William Scott & Co.

Architecture firm

St. Boniface Catholic Church, Detroit's Corktown, 1883 Photo: This file is from the Mechanical Curator collection, a set of over 1 million images scanned from out-of-copyright books and released to Flic, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

St. Boniface Catholic Church leads William Scott & Co.'s work on record here, the church that stood in Detroit's Corktown from 1883 until it came down in 1996. Another 5 of William Scott & Co.'s works are on record across Detroit, built from 1883 to 1889, each on the map below.

works on record in Metro Detroit: 6
of work here, 1883 to 1889: 6 years
Detroit neighborhoods: 4
still standing: 4 of 6

William Scott & Co.'s Metro Detroit, drawn to scale

All 6 of William Scott & Co.'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. Boniface Catholic Church

1883, Detroit, height not on record, drawn at one standard size

Demolished in 1996

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By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated October 25, 2026

St. Boniface Catholic Church heads William Scott & Co.'s work in Metro Detroit, built in Detroit's Corktown in 1883 and demolished in 1996.

A span of 6 years separates St. Boniface Catholic Church (1883) from the Globe Tobacco Building (1889), the first and last of William Scott & Co.'s works here. No decade kept William Scott & Co. busier here than the 1880s, with 6 works. Of William Scott & Co.'s work here, the region has lost St. Boniface Catholic Church, demolished in 1996 and the Wells W. Leggett House.

Today, 4 of William Scott & Co.'s works still stand. Of William Scott & Co.'s works here, 3 are homes, the Thomas Ladue House and the William A. Butler House first among them. Inside the city, William Scott & Co.'s buildings stand in 4 neighborhoods, from Brush Park to Midtown. To see William Scott & Co.'s work in person, start with the Thomas Ladue House at 269 Edmund Place.