Lost building, Medical Center, 1888 to 1979
Grace Hospital
Demolished in 1979
- Opened
- 1888
- Torn down
- 1979
Designed by Gordon W. Lloyd
Grace Hospital stood in Medical Center from 1888 until 1979. Here is what it was, who made it and where to find the spot today.
Then and now
What stands there now
Hutzel Women's Hospital
Built 1868, Hospital
Detroit's Grace Hospital, designed by Gordon W. Lloyd, stood on this spot for 91 years. The site waited -111 years. In 1868, Hutzel Women's Hospital opened there. It has now stood 158 years, longer than the building it replaced.
Hutzel Women's Hospital, formerly the Women's Hospital and Foundling's Home, is one of the eight institutions that compose the Detroit Medical Center. The hospital itself is connected to Harper University Hospital, on the midtown Detroit campus of the Medical Center. It is the only hospital in Southeast Michigan dedicated to women's care.
- 1888 Opens Grace Hospital
- 1979 Comes down Grace Hospital
- 2026 Today Hutzel Women's Hospital, 158 years on the site
How we know what stands there
- OpenStreetMap Hutzel Women's Hospital, hospital at the map point
Checked October 25, 2026. We never guess: a site no source speaks for shows no answer.
What is there now
Hutzel Women's Hospital
- Rose on the site Hospital Source: OpenStreetMap
- Grace Hospital came down Source: Historic Detroit
Building permits at this address
4 permits since October 2024
$724,800 in declared work (2 of 4 name a figure) Newest: Mechanical permit, February 13, 2026
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Mechanical permit
Providing new split system for Linac room Re-piping chilled water to new Linac
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Alteration permit
Interior alterations (SPECT CT Karmanos Cancer Institute) as per plans
$400,000
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Plumbing permit
Renovation of Lab, Re-piping and adding Medical Gas Outlets.
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Alteration permit
A.K.A. 311 MACK Interior alterations to the 1st. floor cath lab #5 as per. (Subject to Field Approval.)
$324,800
No permits match.
Source: City and county building permits
We checked Wikidata, Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Rebuild Detroit's landmark records and the county parcel records on October 25, 2026.
The story
Grace Hospital went up in 1888, as Detroit's lumber, stove and shipbuilding money went into brick and stone.
Gordon W. Lloyd drew the plans.
It is gone now, demolished in 1979, and the map pin below marks where it stood.
Timeline
- 1888 Built Designed by Gordon W. Lloyd
- 1979 Closed
- 1979 Demolished
- 2024 2 building permits $324,800 in declared work, the latest October 29
- 2025 Alteration permit January 29, 2025
- 2026 Mechanical permit February 13, 2026
- 2026 Today 47 years since it came down
Where it is
4160 John R St.
On this map
- 1 Grace Hospital This place
- 2 Harper Hospital - Brush Building 220 ft
- 3 Emily A. McLaughlin Hall 340 ft
- 4 Gotham Hotel 380 ft
- 5 Harper Hospital (old) 400 ft
- 6 Milaflores Apartments 0.1 mi
- 7 Newberry Hall Apartments 0.1 mi
- 8 Helen Newberry Nurses Home 0.1 mi
- 9 The Plaza 0.2 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Who made it
Christ Church, by Gordon W. Lloyd. Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Architect
Gordon W. LloydEnglish-American architect, 1832 to 1904. Designed Christ Church (1863) and 17 more in Metro Detroit
Also by Gordon W. Lloyd
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Cadillac Hotel
Hotel, built 1888, Italian, by John Scott, demolished 1923
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Building, built 1888, Richardsonian Romanesque, by James Balfour, demolished 1960
Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress
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Bagley Memorial Fountain
Monument, built 1887, Romanesque
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Globe Tobacco Building
Building, built 1889, Richardsonian Romanesque, by William Scott & Co.
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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First Unitarian Church
House of worship, built 1890, Romanesque revival, by Donaldson & Meier, demolished 2014
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Detroit Club
Building, built 1891, Richardsonian Romanesque, by Wilson Eyre
Photo: Mikerussell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Around the block
It is in Medical Center. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
- Harper Hospital - Brush Building Building, built 1928, by Albert Kahn 220 ft
- Emily A. McLaughlin Hall Building, built 1922, by Albert Kahn 340 ft
- Gotham Hotel Hotel, built 1924, Italian Renaissance, by Percival R. Pereira, demolished 1963 380 ft
- Harper Hospital (old) Building, built 1884, Gothic Revival, by Elijah E. Myers, demolished 1977 400 ft
- Milaflores Apartments Building, built 1923, by Jacob I. Weinberg, demolished 1964 0.1 mi
- Newberry Hall Apartments Building, built 1898, Jacobian Revival, by Nettleton & Kahn 0.1 mi
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Helen Newberry Nurses Home
Historic home, Tudor Revival
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.1 mi
- The Plaza Building, built 1966, International, by Crane & Gorwic 0.2 mi
Photo credits
Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.
- Grace Hospital, Detroit, Mich. Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress
Sources
Facts only, gathered from these sources. The story above is written by Rebuild Detroit. Every photo names its author and license where it appears.