Building, Islandview, since 1883
St. Bonaventure Monastery
Photographed standing in 2008
- Opened
- 1883
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- Standing
- 143 years
St. Bonaventure Monastery has stood on Mt. Elliott Ave in Islandview since 1883, 143 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.
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What is there now
Standing
From the place's own record. Permits, sales and city notices are checked here as our records update.
The story
St. Bonaventure Monastery opened in 1883, in Detroit's Gilded Age, when stove works, shipyards and railroads made the city's first fortunes.
It was built in the Gothic Revival style, and it still reads that way from the sidewalk.
The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 1982.
Next time you are nearby, stop at 1740 Mt. Elliott Ave and look up.
The St. Bonaventure Monastery is a complex of religious buildings, built for the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, located at 1740 Mt. Elliott Avenue in Detroit, Michigan.
Timeline
- 1883 Built Gothic Revival
- 1982 Listed on the National Register December 2, 1982
- 2026 Today 143 years and still standing
Where it is
1740 Mt. Elliott Ave
On this map
- 1 St. Bonaventure Monastery This place
- 2 Frederic M. Sibley Lumber Company Office Building 0.1 mi
- 3 Eastside Historic Cemetery District 0.2 mi
- 4 Kingston Arms Apartments 0.4 mi
- 5 East Grand Boulevard Historic District 0.5 mi
- 6 Saint Paul Manor Apartments 0.5 mi
- 7 Church of the Messiah 0.5 mi
- 8 El Tovar Apartments 0.5 mi
- 9 Lofts at Rivertown 0.5 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
More from Detroit in the 1880s
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Cass Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
House of worship, built 1883, Romanesque Revival, by Malcomson & Higginbotham
Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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St. Boniface Catholic Church
House of worship, built 1883, Romanesque Revival, by William Scott & Co., demolished 1996
Photo: This file is from the Mechanical Curator collection, a set of over 1 million images scanned from out-of-copyright books and released to Flic, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Engine House No. 11
Building, built 1884, Queen Anne, by William Scott & Co.
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Michigan Avenue Historic Commercial District
Building, built 1884, Italianate, by Joseph E. Mills
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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St. Albertus Catholic Church
House of worship, built 1885, Gothic Revival, by Henry Engelbert
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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St. Mary's Catholic Church
House of worship, built 1885, by Peter Dederichs
Photo: I, Mikerussell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Around the block
It is in Islandview. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
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Frederic M. Sibley Lumber Company Office Building
Building, built 1917, Classical Revival
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.1 mi
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Eastside Historic Cemetery District
Building, built 1841
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.2 mi
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Kingston Arms Apartments
Building, built 1924, Tudor Revival
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.4 mi
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East Grand Boulevard Historic District
Historic district, Renaissance
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.5 mi
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Saint Paul Manor Apartments
Building, built 1925, Art Deco
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.5 mi
- Church of the Messiah House of worship, built 1852, New England, by Calvin N. Otis 0.5 mi
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El Tovar Apartments
Building, built 1928, Art Deco, by Robert J. West
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.5 mi
- Lofts at Rivertown Building, built 1900, by Stratton & Baldwin 0.5 mi
Photo credits
Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.
- Saint Bonaventure Monastery Detroit, MI Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- The landmark St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church, on Lakeshore Drive in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, 2008 Photo: Umdet, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- St. Bonaventure Monastery Detroit MI Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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.