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House of worship, Hubbard Richard, since 1886

Ste. Anne Roman Catholic Church Complex

Still standing, photographed 2025

Basilica of Sainte Anne de Détroit in Detroit, Michigan in 2025 Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Opened
1886
Style
Classical Revival
Standing
140 years

Ste. Anne Roman Catholic Church Complex has stood on Howard and Ste. Anne Sts. in Hubbard Richard since 1886, 140 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Ste. Anne Roman Catholic Church Complex

Basilica of Sainte Anne de Détroit in Detroit, Michigan in 2025 Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ste Anne de Detroit Roman Catholic Church, 2008 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

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

In 1886, as Detroit's lumber, stove and shipbuilding money went into brick and stone, Ste. Anne Roman Catholic Church Complex opened in Hubbard Richard.

It was built in the Classical Revival style, and it still reads that way from the sidewalk.

The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 1976.

Next time you are nearby, stop at Howard and Ste. Anne Sts and look up.

Basilica of Sainte Anne de Détroit (Sainte-Anne-de-Détroit) was founded July 26, 1701 by French colonists in New France, and is the second-oldest continuously operating Roman Catholic parish in the United States.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1886 Built Classical Revival, Late Gothic Revival
  2. 1976 Listed on the National Register June 3, 1976
  3. 2026 Today 140 years and still standing

Where it is

Howard and Ste. Anne Sts.

On this map

  1. Ste. Anne Roman Catholic Church Complex This place
  2. Basilica Ste. Anne de Détroit 440 ft
  3. Greyhound Bus Garage 0.2 mi
  4. United States Postal Service Roosevelt Park Station 0.4 mi
  5. Ambassador Bridge 0.5 mi
  6. Wilshire Apartments 0.5 mi
  7. J.W. Westcott II 0.5 mi
  8. Labadie House 0.5 mi
  9. Newlab at Michigan Central Building 0.5 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

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Around the block

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Photo credits

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

  1. Basilica of Sainte Anne de Détroit in Detroit, Michigan in 2025 Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Basilica of Sainte Anne de Détroit in Detroit, Michigan in 2025 Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Ste Anne de Detroit Roman Catholic Church, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. 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
  5. Sainte Anne de Detroit Catholic Church (Detroit, MI), interior, nave, 2013 Photo: Nheyob, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. 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.