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Lost school, Midwest, 1924 to 2024

Sherrill Elementary School

Demolished in 2024

A drawing of Sherrill Elementary School from its recorded size and style. No photo we may share has turned up yet.
Opened
1924
Style
Collegiate Gothic
Torn down
2024

Designed by Malcomson & Higginbotham and McGrath, Dohmen & Page

Sherrill Elementary School stood in Midwest from 1924 until 2024. Here is what it was, who made it and where to find the spot today.

On the map

Then and now

What stands there now

Today

The spot today, from the street Photo: Street View, 2026

Sherrill Middle School

School

Detroit's Sherrill Elementary School, designed by Malcomson & Higginbotham and McGrath, Dohmen & Page, stood on this spot for 100 years. Today the Sherrill Middle School stands in its place.

Walk the block on the map
  1. 1924 Opens Sherrill Elementary School
  2. 2012 Closes Sherrill Elementary School
  3. 2024 Comes down Sherrill Elementary School
  4. 2026 Today Sherrill Middle School
How we know what stands there
  • OpenStreetMap Sherrill Middle School, school at the map point

Checked October 25, 2026. We never guess: a site no source speaks for shows no answer.

What is there now

Sherrill Middle School

  • Today School Source: OpenStreetMap
  • Sherrill Elementary School came down Source: Historic Detroit
  • Demolition permit Wreck and remove debris per code Subject to all applicable federal, state, and local executive orders Permit to be bille Source: City and county building permits
  • Sold Source: County parcel records
See then and now

We checked Wikidata, Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Rebuild Detroit's landmark records and the county parcel records on October 25, 2026.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

In 1924, in the years Detroit became the Motor City and built like it meant to stay on top, Sherrill Elementary School went up in Midwest.

Credit the design to Malcomson & Higginbotham and McGrath, Dohmen & Page, in the Collegiate Gothic style.

It is gone now, demolished in 2024, and the map pin below marks where it stood.

Timeline

  1. 1924 Built Designed by Malcomson & Higginbotham and McGrath, Dohmen & Page
  2. 2012 Closed
  3. 2024 Demolished
  4. 2025 Demolition permit October 16, 2025
  5. 2026 Sold April 9, 2026
  6. 2026 Today 2 years since it came down

Where it is

7300 Garden St.

On this map

  1. Sherrill Elementary School This place
  2. Lincoln Motor Co. 0.7 mi
  3. Ruthruff School 0.9 mi
  4. Lincoln Motor Company Plant 0.9 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

Malcomson & Higginbotham
Photo: Del arte at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Architect

Malcomson & Higginbotham

American 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

Architect

McGrath, Dohmen & Page

Architecture firm. Designed St. Mary of Redford Parish School (1919) and 7 more in Metro Detroit

Also by McGrath, Dohmen & Page

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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.