Lost school, Claytown, 1918 to 2024
Hanneman Elementary School
Demolished in 2024
- Opened
- 1918
- Style
- Colonial Revival
- Torn down
- 2024
Designed by Malcomson & Higginbotham
Hanneman Elementary School stood in Claytown from 1918 until 2024. Here is what it was, who made it and where to find the spot today.
Then and now
What stands there now
Today
A vacant lot
Mapped as Hanneman Elementary School (former)
Detroit's Hanneman Elementary School, designed by Malcomson & Higginbotham, stood on this spot for 106 years. It came down 2 years ago. Today the spot is a vacant lot.
- 1918 Opens Hanneman Elementary School
- 2007 Closes Hanneman Elementary School
- 2024 Comes down Hanneman Elementary School
- 2026 Today Vacant lot
How we know what stands there
- OpenStreetMap Hanneman Elementary School (former), vacant lot at the map point
Checked October 25, 2026. We never guess: a site no source speaks for shows no answer.
What is there now
A vacant lot
- Today Mapped as Hanneman Elementary School (former) Source: OpenStreetMap
- Hanneman Elementary School came down Source: Historic Detroit
We checked Wikidata, Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Rebuild Detroit's landmark records and the county parcel records on October 25, 2026.
The story
Hanneman Elementary School went up in 1918, during the boom years when the auto industry turned Detroit into one of the fastest growing cities in America.
The design came from Malcomson & Higginbotham, working in Colonial Revival.
It is gone now, demolished in 2024, and the map pin below marks where it stood.
Timeline
- 1918 Built Designed by Malcomson & Higginbotham
- 2007 Closed
- 2024 Demolished
- 2026 Today 2 years since it came down
Where it is
6420 McGraw Ave.
On this map
- 1 Hanneman Elementary School This place
- 2 Lincoln Motor Company Plant 0.3 mi
- 3 McGraw Hotel 0.5 mi
- 4 Lincoln Motor Co. 0.5 mi
- 5 Edwin F. Conely Branch 0.6 mi
- 6 Senate Theatre 0.7 mi
- 7 Sampson Elementary School 0.7 mi
- 8 St. Francis D'Assisi Catholic Church 0.7 mi
- 9 Sill School 0.8 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Who made it
Architect
Malcomson & HigginbothamAmerican architectural firm based in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Designed St. Joseph's Episcopal Church (1883) and 51 more in Metro Detroit
Also by Malcomson & Higginbotham
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Cadillac Square Building
Hotel, built 1918, Beaux Arts, by Bonnah & Chaffee, demolished 1976
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Book Tower
Hotel, built 1917, Italian Renaissance, by Louis Kamper
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Cadillac Place
Building, built 1920, by Albert Kahn
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Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament
House of worship, built 1916, Neo Gothic, by George F. Diehl
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Detroit Savings Bank Southwest Branch
Building, built 1920, Classical Revival, by Albert Kahn
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David Whitney Building
Hotel, built 1915, Beaux Arts, by Graham, Burnham & Co.
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Around the block
It is in Claytown. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
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Lincoln Motor Company Plant
Building, built 1917, by George D. Mason
Photo: Ford Motor Company, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
0.3 mi
- McGraw Hotel Hotel, built 1925, demolished 1987 0.5 mi
- Lincoln Motor Co. Building, built 1917, by Albert Kahn, demolished 2002 0.5 mi
- Edwin F. Conely Branch Building, built 1913, Renaissance Revival, by Hugh B. Clement 0.6 mi
- Senate Theatre Theater, built 1926, Art Moderne, by Christian W. Brandt 0.7 mi
- Sampson Elementary School School, built 1912, Gothic Revival, by Malcomson & Higginbotham 0.7 mi
- St. Francis D'Assisi Catholic Church House of worship, built 1905, Italian Renaissance, by Kastler & Hunter 0.7 mi
- Sill School School, built 1906, Arts & Crafts, by Malcomson & Higginbotham, demolished 1974 0.8 mi
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.