Lost monument, Detroit, 1898 to 2005
Scovel Memorial Presbyterian Church
Demolished in 2005
- Dedicated
- 1898
- Torn down
- 2005
Designed by Malcomson & Higginbotham
Scovel Memorial Presbyterian Church stood in Detroit from 1898 until 2005. 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
Detroit's Scovel Memorial Presbyterian Church, designed by Malcomson & Higginbotham, stood on this spot for 107 years. It came down 21 years ago. Today the spot is a vacant lot.
- 1898 Dedicated Scovel Memorial Presbyterian Church
- 2005 Comes down Scovel Memorial Presbyterian Church
- 2026 Today Vacant lot
How we know what stands there
- County parcel records VACANT COMMERCIAL
Checked October 25, 2026. We never guess: a site no source speaks for shows no answer.
What is there now
A vacant lot
- Today Source: County parcel records
- Scovel Memorial Presbyterian Church 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
Scovel Memorial Presbyterian Church was dedicated in 1898, as Detroit's lumber, stove and shipbuilding money went into brick and stone.
Malcomson & Higginbotham drew the plans.
It is gone now, demolished in 2005, and the map pin below marks where it stood.
Timeline
- 1898 Dedicated Designed by Malcomson & Higginbotham
- 2005 Demolished
- 2026 Today 21 years since it came down
Where it is
5771 Grand River Ave.
On this map
- 1 Scovel Memorial Presbyterian Church This place
- 2 Olympia Stadium 0.1 mi
- 3 Williams Brothers Co. 0.3 mi
- 4 Lee Plaza 0.4 mi
- 5 Northwestern High School (old) 0.4 mi
- 6 St. Matthias Episcopal Church 0.5 mi
- 7 Max Jacob House 0.5 mi
- 8 YMCA (Fisher Branch) 0.5 mi
- 9 Detroit Fire Department Training School 0.5 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Who made it
Sculptor
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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Harmonie Club
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Coronado Apartments
Building, built 1894, Romanesque Revival, by William S. Joy
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Eastern States
Ship, built 1902, by Louis Keil, demolished 1956
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Hurlbut Memorial Gate
Monument, built 1894, Beaux Arts
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Building, built 1893, by Spier & Rohns, demolished 1950
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Bonstelle Theatre
Theater, built 1903, Beaux Arts, by Mason & Kahn
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Around the block
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Olympia Stadium
Stadium, built 1927, by C. Howard Crane, demolished 1986
Photo: Carla Anderson, Historic American Buildings Survey, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress
0.1 mi
- Williams Brothers Co. Building, built 1899, by Albert E. French 0.3 mi
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Lee Plaza
Building, built 1927, Art Deco, by Charles Noble
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.4 mi
- Northwestern High School (old) School, built 1912, by Malcomson & Higginbotham, demolished 1980 0.4 mi
- St. Matthias Episcopal Church House of worship, built 1926, Gothic Revival, by Verner, Wilhelm & Molby 0.5 mi
- Max Jacob House Built 1916, French Villa, in Midtown homes 0.5 mi
- YMCA (Fisher Branch) Building, built 1929, Lombardy, by Albert Kahn 0.5 mi
- Detroit Fire Department Training School School, built 1931, by Hans Gerhke 0.5 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.