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School, Plymouth, since 1927

Starkweather School

Still standing, photographed 2016

Starkweather School Plymouth MI This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of..., 2016 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Opened
1927
Style
Late Gothic Revival
Standing
99 years

Designed by Malcomson & Higginbotham

Starkweather School has stood on N. Holbrook St. in Plymouth since 1927, 99 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

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

Starkweather School opened in 1927, as the auto boom spread out from Detroit and the suburbs began to fill in.

The design came from Malcomson & Higginbotham, in the Late Gothic Revival style.

It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.

Go see it at 550 N. Holbrook St. Photos never get the scale right.

Starkweather School is an educational building located at 550 North Holbrook Street in Plymouth, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. It is the only school from its time still extant in Plymouth, and the only school in Plymouth designed by Malcomson and Higginbotham, who designed numerous schools for the Detroit school district.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1927 Built Designed by Malcomson & Higginbotham
  2. 2016 Listed on the National Register November 7, 2016
  3. 2026 Today 99 years and still standing

Where it is

550 N. Holbrook St., Plymouth

On this map

  1. Starkweather School This place
  2. Plymouth High School and Central Grade School 0.5 mi
  3. Charles G. Curtiss Sr. House 0.6 mi
  4. Henry W. Baker House 0.6 mi
  5. United States Post Office Plymouth Station 0.7 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

Malcomson & Higginbotham
Photo: Del arte at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Architect

Malcomson & Higginbotham

American 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

Around the block

Photo credits

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  1. Starkweather School Plymouth MI This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of..., 2016 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

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