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House of worship, Hamtramck, since 1908

St. Florian Historic District

Photographed standing in 2008

St. Florian Church, a Roman Catholic parish in Hamtramck, Michigan, United States, is the centerpiece of the St...., 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Opened
1908
Style
Late Gothic Revival
Standing
118 years

Designed by Ralph Adams Cram

St. Florian Historic District has stood on Roughly bounded by Joseph Campau Ave. in Hamtramck since 1908, 118 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of St. Florian Historic District

The St. Florian Historic District in Hamtramck, Michigan, United States, is listed on the US National Register of..., 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, 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
Città del Vaticano, Cupola della Basilica di S. Pietro, 2006 Photo: MarkusMark, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

St. Florian Historic District opened in 1908, in the years the auto age reached every town around Detroit.

Ralph Adams Cram drew the plans, working in Late Gothic Revival.

It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Go see it at Roughly bounded by Joseph Campau Ave., Holbrook Ave., Dequindre, Norwalk, Lumpkin, and Yemans Sts. Photos never get the scale right.

St. Florian Church is a Roman Catholic Church at 2626 Poland Street in Hamtramck, Michigan. The church was designed by Ralph Adams Cram of the firm Cram and Ferguson.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1908 Built Designed by Ralph Adams Cram
  2. 1984 Listed on the National Register September 13, 1984
  3. 2026 Today 118 years and still standing

Where it is

Roughly bounded by Joseph Campau Ave., Holbrook Ave., Dequindre, Norwalk, Lumpkin, and Yemans Sts., Hamtramck

On this map

  1. St. Florian Historic District This place
  2. Jos. Campau Historic District 0.3 mi
  3. Hamtramck Stadium 0.7 mi
  4. Samuel J. Herman House 0.8 mi
  5. John F. McLaughlin House 0.8 mi
  6. Harry H. Burr House 0.8 mi
  7. Frederick T. Gies House 0.9 mi
  8. Albert H. Zenner House 0.9 mi
  9. Charles A. Werner House 0.9 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

Ralph Adams Cram
Photo: Theodore C. Marceau, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Architect

Ralph Adams Cram

American architect, 1863 to 1942. Designed Cathedral Church of St. Paul (1911) and 3 more in Metro Detroit

Also by Ralph Adams Cram

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Photo credits

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  1. St. Florian Church, a Roman Catholic parish in Hamtramck, Michigan, United States, is the centerpiece of the St...., 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. The St. Florian Historic District in Hamtramck, Michigan, United States, is listed on the US National Register of..., 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. 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
  4. Città del Vaticano, Cupola della Basilica di S. Pietro, 2006 Photo: MarkusMark, 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.