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Lost house of worship, Brush Park, 1862 to 1993

St. Patrick Catholic Church

Demolished in 1993

A drawing of St. Patrick Catholic Church from its recorded size and style. No photo we may share has turned up yet.
Opened
1862
Style
Gothic
Torn down
1993

Designed by Albert H. Jordan, James Anderson and Octavius & Albert Jordan

St. Patrick Catholic Church stood in Brush Park from 1862 until 1993. 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

A vacant lot

Detroit's St. Patrick Catholic Church, designed by Albert H. Jordan and James Anderson, stood on this spot for 131 years. It came down 33 years ago. Today the spot is a vacant lot.

Walk the block on the map
  1. 1862 Opens St. Patrick Catholic Church
  2. 1973 Closes St. Patrick Catholic Church
  3. 1993 Comes down St. Patrick Catholic Church
  4. 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
  • St. Patrick Catholic Church came down Source: Historic Detroit
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 1862, as Detroit's lumber, stove and shipbuilding money went into brick and stone, St. Patrick Catholic Church went up in Brush Park.

The design came from Albert H. Jordan, James Anderson, and Octavius & Albert Jordan, working in Gothic.

It is gone now, demolished in 1993, and the map pin below marks where it stood.

Timeline

  1. 1862 Built Designed by Albert H. Jordan, James Anderson, and Octavius & Albert Jordan
  2. 1973 Closed
  3. 1993 Demolished
  4. 2026 Today 33 years since it came down

Where it is

124 Adelaide St.

On this map

  1. St. Patrick Catholic Church This place
  2. Bernard Ginsburg House 100 ft
  3. Horace S. Tarbell House 210 ft
  4. The Inn at 97 Winder 460 ft
  5. William Lennane House 500 ft
  6. Caroline A. Stokes House 0.1 mi
  7. John Harvey House 0.1 mi
  8. Isaac L'Hommedieu House 0.1 mi
  9. Ransom Gillis House 0.1 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

Fort Street Presbyterian Church, by Albert H. Jordan Fort Street Presbyterian Church, by Albert H. Jordan. Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Architect

Albert H. Jordan

Architect. Designed Fort Street Presbyterian Church (1855) and 4 more in Metro Detroit

Also by Albert H. Jordan

Russell House, by James Anderson Russell House, by James Anderson. Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress

Architect

James Anderson

Architect. Designed St. Patrick Catholic Church (1862) and 2 more in Metro Detroit

Also by James Anderson

Fort Street Presbyterian Church, by Octavius & Albert Jordan Fort Street Presbyterian Church, by Octavius & Albert Jordan. Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Architect

Octavius & Albert Jordan

Architecture firm. Designed Fort Street Presbyterian Church (1855) and St. Patrick Catholic Church

Also by Octavius & Albert Jordan

More from Detroit in the 1860s

Around the block

It is in Brush Park. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.

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.