Lost school, Chadsey Condon, 1906 to 1974
Sill School
Demolished in 1974
- Opened
- 1906
- Style
- Arts & Crafts
- Torn down
- 1974
Designed by Malcomson & Higginbotham
Sill School stood in Chadsey Condon from 1906 until 1974. Here is what it was, who made it and where to find the spot today.
Then and now
What stands there now
Today
30th-Herbert Park
Detroit's Sill School, designed by Malcomson & Higginbotham, stood on this spot for 68 years. It came down 52 years ago. Today the spot is part of 30th-Herbert Park.
- 1906 Opens Sill School
- 1973 Closes Sill School
- 1974 Comes down Sill School
- 2026 Today Park
How we know what stands there
- OpenStreetMap 30th-Herbert Park, park at the map point
- County parcel records PARK - IMPROVED - SPORT FACILITIES, PLAYSCAPES
Checked October 25, 2026. We never guess: a site no source speaks for shows no answer.
What is there now
30th-Herbert Park
- Today Park Source: OpenStreetMap and County parcel records
- Sill School 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
In 1906, in the years Detroit became the Motor City and built like it meant to stay on top, Sill School went up in Chadsey Condon.
Credit the design to Malcomson & Higginbotham, working in Arts & Crafts.
It is gone now, demolished in 1974, and the map pin below marks where it stood.
Timeline
- 1906 Built Designed by Malcomson & Higginbotham
- 1973 Closed
- 1974 Demolished
- 2026 Today 52 years since it came down
Where it is
5000 Thirtieth St.
On this map
- 1 Sill School This place
- 2 Historic Motor City Missionary Baptist Church 0.3 mi
- 3 Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church 0.3 mi
- 4 McGraw Hotel 0.4 mi
- 5 Max Jacob House 0.5 mi
- 6 St. Francis D'Assisi Catholic Church 0.5 mi
- 7 Columbian School 0.5 mi
- 8 Nacirema Club 0.6 mi
- 9 San Telmo Cigar Manufacturing Company Plant No. 2 0.7 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Who made it
Architect
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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Around the block
It is in Chadsey Condon. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
- Historic Motor City Missionary Baptist Church House of worship, built 1891, Victorian Gothic, by Spier & Rohns 0.3 mi
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Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church
House of worship, built 1891, Carpenter Gothic, by Spier & Rohns
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.3 mi
- McGraw Hotel Hotel, built 1925, demolished 1987 0.4 mi
- Max Jacob House Built 1916, French Villa, in Midtown homes 0.5 mi
- St. Francis D'Assisi Catholic Church House of worship, built 1905, Italian Renaissance, by Kastler & Hunter 0.5 mi
- Columbian School School, built 1893, by Malcomson & Higginbotham, demolished 1980 0.5 mi
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Nacirema Club
Building, built 1920, American Foursquare
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.6 mi
- San Telmo Cigar Manufacturing Company Plant No. 2 Building, built 1910, by Albert Kahn 0.7 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.