Lost building, Medical Center, 1884 to 1977
Harper Hospital (old)
Demolished in 1977
- Opened
- 1884
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- Torn down
- 1977
Designed by Elijah E. Myers
Harper Hospital (old) stood in Medical Center from 1884 until 1977. Here is what it was, who made it and where to find the spot today.
What is there now
Demolished in 1977
We have not yet found a source that says what stands on the spot today. Last looked on October 25, 2026.
The story
In 1884, as Detroit's lumber, stove and shipbuilding money went into brick and stone, Harper Hospital (old) went up in Medical Center.
Credit the design to Elijah E. Myers, in the Gothic Revival style.
It is gone now, demolished in 1977, and the map pin below marks where it stood.
Timeline
- 1884 Built Designed by Elijah E. Myers
- 1977 Demolished
- 2026 Today 49 years since it came down
Where it is
3800 John R
On this map
- 1 Harper Hospital (old) This place
- 2 Milaflores Apartments 250 ft
- 3 Newberry Hall Apartments 310 ft
- 4 Helen Newberry Nurses Home 320 ft
- 5 Grace Hospital 400 ft
- 6 Gotham Hotel 520 ft
- 7 Garden Bowl 0.1 mi
- 8 Harper Hospital - Brush Building 0.1 mi
- 9 Majestic Theatre 0.1 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Who made it
Architect
Elijah E. MyersAmerican architect, 1832 to 1909. Designed the Helen Newberry Nurses Home and 3 more in Metro Detroit
Also by Elijah E. Myers
More from Detroit in the 1880s
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Engine House No. 11
Building, built 1884, Queen Anne, by William Scott & Co.
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Cass Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
House of worship, built 1883, Romanesque Revival, by Malcomson & Higginbotham
Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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St. Albertus Catholic Church
House of worship, built 1885, Gothic Revival, by Henry Engelbert
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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St. Boniface Catholic Church
House of worship, built 1883, Romanesque Revival, by William Scott & Co., demolished 1996
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
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St. Mary's Catholic Church
House of worship, built 1885, by Peter Dederichs
Photo: I, Mikerussell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Bagley Memorial Fountain
Monument, built 1887, Romanesque
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Around the block
It is in Medical Center. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
- Milaflores Apartments Building, built 1923, by Jacob I. Weinberg, demolished 1964 250 ft
- Newberry Hall Apartments Building, built 1898, Jacobian Revival, by Nettleton & Kahn 310 ft
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Helen Newberry Nurses Home
Historic home, Tudor Revival
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
320 ft
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Grace Hospital
Building, built 1888, by Gordon W. Lloyd, demolished 1979
Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress
400 ft
- Gotham Hotel Hotel, built 1924, Italian Renaissance, by Percival R. Pereira, demolished 1963 520 ft
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Garden Bowl
Theater, built 1913, Mid-Century Modern, by Richard E. Raseman
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.1 mi
- Harper Hospital - Brush Building Building, built 1928, by Albert Kahn 0.1 mi
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![Majestic Theatre, [Majestic Theatre, Detroit, Mich.]](https://rebuilddetroit.com/wp-content/uploads/rd-photos/landmarks/landmark-4630-2360-thumb-2538540c91.jpg)
Majestic Theatre
Theater, built 1915, Art Deco, by Bennett & Straight
Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress
0.1 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.