Lost building, Rivertown, 1857
Marine Hospital
Demolished
- Opened
- 1857
Designed by Anderson & Jordan
Marine Hospital stood in Rivertown from 1857. Here is what it was, who made it and where to find the spot today.
Then and now
What stands there now
Today
A surface parking lot
- 1857 Opens Marine Hospital
- 2026 Today Surface parking lot
How we know what stands there
- OpenStreetMap surface parking 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 surface parking lot
- Today Source: OpenStreetMap
We checked Wikidata, Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Rebuild Detroit's landmark records and the county parcel records on October 25, 2026.
The story
In 1857, decades before the auto age, when the river was the city's main street, Marine Hospital went up in Rivertown.
Anderson & Jordan drew the plans.
It is gone now, and the map pin below marks where it stood.
Where it is
3770 E. Jefferson Ave.
On this map
- 1 Marine Hospital This place
- 2 United States Immigration Station 250 ft
- 3 The Players 0.2 mi
- 4 Lofts at Rivertown 0.3 mi
- 5 Frederick Stearns Building 0.3 mi
- 6 Deaconess Hospital 0.3 mi
- 7 William H. Wells House 0.4 mi
- 8 East Jefferson Avenue Residential TR 0.4 mi
- 9 Uniroyal 0.4 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Who made it
Russell House, by Anderson & Jordan. Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress
Architect
Anderson & JordanArchitecture firm. Designed St. John's Episcopal Church (1861) and 2 more in Metro Detroit
Also by Anderson & Jordan
- Russell House 1857
- St. John's Episcopal Church 1861
More from Detroit in the 1850s
-
Fort Street Presbyterian Church
House of worship, built 1855, Gothic Revival, by Albert H. Jordan
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Academy of the Sacred Heart
School, built 1862, English Gothic, by James W. Wall, demolished 1920
Photo: Appraiser, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Second Baptist Church
House of worship, built 1852, Tudor Revival, by William E.N. Hunter
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Detroit Boat Club (third) Building, built 1858, demolished
- Avenue Theatre Theater, built 1859, demolished 1950
- First Congregational Church (old) House of worship, built 1854, by Albert H. Jordan, demolished 1900
Around the block
It is in Rivertown. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
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United States Immigration Station
Building, built 1933, Colonial Revival, by James A. Wetmore
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
250 ft
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The Players
Theater, built 1925, Florentine Renaissance, by Smith, Hinchman & Grylls
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.2 mi
- Lofts at Rivertown Building, built 1900, by Stratton & Baldwin 0.3 mi
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Frederick Stearns Building
Building, built 1899, by Albert Kahn
Photo: Detroit Publishing Company Collection, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
0.3 mi
- Deaconess Hospital Building, built 1893, by Mildner & Eisen, demolished 0.3 mi
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William H. Wells House
Built 1889, Romanesque Revival, Richardsonian Romanesque
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.4 mi
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East Jefferson Avenue Residential TR
Structure, Gothic Revival, by Charles N. Agree
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.4 mi
- Uniroyal Building, built 1906, by Lockwood Greene Engineers, demolished 1985 0.4 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.