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Redford Township District No. 5 School

Photographed standing in 2010

Redford Township District No. 5 School, Wayne County Michigan, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Style
Colonial Revival

Redford Township District No. 5 School has stood on Beech Daly Rd. in Redford. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

What is there now

Standing

We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 24, 2026. Nothing new at this address in the last two years.

The story

Redford Township District No. 5 School is one of the places that gives Redford its character.

It was built in the Colonial Revival style, and it still reads that way from the sidewalk.

It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Go see it at 18499 Beech Daly Rd. Photos never get the scale right.

The Redford Township District No. 5 School is a school building located at 18499 Beech Daly Road in Redford, Michigan. After 1923, the school was known as the Redford Union District No.

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Where it is

18499 Beech Daly Rd., Redford

Around the block

Photo credits

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  1. Redford Township District No. 5 School, Wayne County Michigan, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Michigan Rural School Plan No 9, First floor, 1915-1916 Photo: Michigan. Dept. of Public Instruction, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Michigan Rural School Plan No 9, 1915-1916 Photo: Michigan. Dept. of Public Instruction, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. Michigan Rural School Plan No 9, Second floor, 1915-1916 Photo: Michigan. Dept. of Public Instruction, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

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