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Building, Midtown, since 1893

St. Patrick Senior Center

Standing and open

A drawing of St. Patrick Senior Center from its recorded size and style. No photo we may share has turned up yet.
Opened
1893
Style
Late Victorian
Standing
133 years

Designed by Leon Coquard

St. Patrick Senior Center has stood on Parsons St. in Midtown since 1893, 133 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

St. Patrick Senior Center today, from the street

St. Patrick Senior Center from the street today Photo: Street View, 2026

What is there now

Under renovation

  • Standing and open Source: Historic Detroit

Building permits at this address

10 permits since March 2025

$598,597 in declared work (4 of 10 name a figure) Newest: Electrical permit, June 16, 2026

  1. Electrical permit

    1 - 120V circuit

  2. Mechanical permit

    Extend wet pipe sprinkler system to protect Elevator Machine Room and bottom of Elevator Shaft

  3. Alteration permit

    Install fire alarm system per provided plans & documents. (Subject to field approval.)

    $115,529

  4. Elevator permit

    City #9439 modernization

  5. Mechanical permit

    Heating

  6. Plumbing permit

    Plumbing

  7. Mechanical permit

    Heating

  8. Alteration permit

    (AKA 70 Parsons) Interior and exterior renovations per provided plans. (Subject to field approval.)

    $156,592

  9. Alteration permit

    Exterior alterations (Installation of a new roof system) as per plans. Subject to field approval.

    $319,476

  10. Alteration permit

    Alterations to remove Window & add Kitchen Hood, Duct Work, and MAU to Code per plans. Subject to Field... Read all

    Alterations to remove Window & add Kitchen Hood, Duct Work, and MAU to Code per plans. Subject to Field Approval. Separa

    $7,000

Source: City and county building permits

We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 25, 2026.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

St. Patrick Senior Center opened in 1893, as Detroit's lumber, stove and shipbuilding money went into brick and stone.

The design came from Leon Coquard, working in Late Victorian.

It is still open, and still part of daily life in the city.

Next time you are nearby, stop at 58 Parsons St and look up.

Timeline

  1. 1893 Built Designed by Leon Coquard
  2. 1969 Closed
  3. 2025 6 building permits $483,068 in declared work, the latest September 9
  4. 2026 4 building permits $115,529 in declared work, the latest June 16
  5. 2026 Today Under renovation

Where it is

58 Parsons St.

On this map

  1. St. Patrick Senior Center This place
  2. Saints Peter and Paul Academy Next door
  3. Chapel of Saint Theresa, the Little Flower 90 ft
  4. Chapel of St. Therese, the Little Flower 120 ft
  5. League of Catholic Women Building 280 ft
  6. Orchestra Place Apartments 280 ft
  7. Orchestra Hall 360 ft
  8. Robert M. and Matilda Kitch Grindley House 370 ft
  9. Hotel Stevenson 390 ft

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

Architect

Leon Coquard

Architect. Designed St. Patrick Senior Center (1893) and the Adolph N. Marion House

Also by Leon Coquard

More from Detroit in the 1890s

Around the block

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

Photo credits

Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.

  1. St. Patrick Senior Center from the street today Photo: Street View, 2026

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.