Detroit Public High School History: Architects

[MrWCF]

Thanks! I spent today in Lansing gathering info at the State Historic Preservation Office, so I'll add it this weekend.

[p69rrh51]

Thanks! I spent today in Lansing gathering info at the State Historic Preservation Office, so I'll add it this weekend.

I was going through my notes Lara F. Osborn High School-Smith Hinchman & Grylls 1954. Noted in the book Smith, Hinchman & Grylls 125 years of Architecture and Engineering, written by Thomas J. Holleman and James P. Gallagher, published by Wayne State University Press 1978.

[MrWCF]

After a visit to Lansing's State Historic Preservation Office, I got many of the missing high school architects, and got a correction or two to my initial information. I can list all of them if anyone is interested. [[I also have architect information on middle schools and elementary schools.) Anyway, toward my original purpose, here are the Detroit public high school buildings for which I still don't have architects [[if anyone can help):

HIGH SCHOOL	HS PERIOD	ADDRESS	BUILT, ADDITIONS
Aero Mechanics	1943-1968	13214 French	Unknown
Aero Mechanics Davis Aero Tech	1968-1982 1982-present	10200 Erwin	Unknown
Capitol	1893-1896	Jefferson & Randolph	1849
Cass Technical Commerce Commerce	1912-1922 1912-1918 1922-1964	Second & Grand River	1912
Cass Union Cass Technical Commerce	1907-1910 1910-1912 1909-1912	Second & Grand River	1861, 1907, 1910
Crockett Tech	1992-2006	571 Mack	Unknown
Detroit	1858-1863	1354 Broadway	1858
Eastern	1895-1897	3524 E. Canfield	1890
Eastern	1897-1901	3622 Pulford	1897
Eastern M.L. King	1966-1968 1968-2011	3200 E. Lafayette	1966
Higgins	1907-1913	9200 Olivet	1878, 1895
Hunter	1920-1922	530 S. Colonial	1914, 1920
Northwestern	1980-present	2200 W. Grand Blvd.	1980
Philip Murray Murray-Wright	1965-1967 1967-2007	2001 W. Warren	1965
Wilkins	1918-1922	S. Porter & Second	1869

[p69rrh51]

After a visit to Lansing's State Historic Preservation Office, I got many of the missing high school architects, and got a correction or two to my initial information. I can list all of them if anyone is interested. [[I also have architect information on middle schools and elementary schools.) Anyway, toward my original purpose, here are the Detroit public high school buildings for which I still don't have architects [[if anyone can help):

HIGH SCHOOL	HS PERIOD	ADDRESS	BUILT, ADDITIONS
Aero Mechanics	1943-1968	13214 French	Unknown
Aero Mechanics Davis Aero Tech	1968-1982 1982-present	10200 Erwin	Unknown
Capitol	1893-1896	Jefferson & Randolph	1849
Cass Technical Commerce Commerce	1912-1922 1912-1918 1922-1964	Second & Grand River	1912
Cass Union Cass Technical Commerce	1907-1910 1910-1912 1909-1912	Second & Grand River	1861, 1907, 1910
Crockett Tech	1992-2006	571 Mack	Unknown
Detroit	1858-1863	1354 Broadway	1858
Eastern	1895-1897	3524 E. Canfield	1890
Eastern	1897-1901	3622 Pulford	1897
Eastern M.L. King	1966-1968 1968-2011	3200 E. Lafayette	1966
Higgins	1907-1913	9200 Olivet	1878, 1895
Hunter	1920-1922	530 S. Colonial	1914, 1920
Northwestern	1980-present	2200 W. Grand Blvd.	1980
Philip Murray Murray-Wright	1965-1967 1967-2007	2001 W. Warren	1965
Wilkins	1918-1922	S. Porter & Second	1869

Could you post the list with the architects please? I am very interested in the firm that designed Cody.

[Kathleen]

I second that. I'm very interested in seeing who designed which schools!! Thank you!!

[MrWCF]

OK, here they are in a 3-part post:

HIGH SCHOOL	HS PERIOD	ADDRESS	BUILT, ADDITIONS	ARCHITECT
Aero Mechanics	1943-1968	13214 French	Unknown	Unknown
Aero Mechanics Davis Aero Tech	1968-1982 1982-present	10200 Erwin	Unknown	Unknown
Capitol	1863-1893	State & Griswold	1832, 1875	Obed Wait
Capitol	1893-1896	Jefferson & Randolph	1849	Unknown
Cass Technical Commerce Commerce	1912-1922 1912-1918 1922-1964	Second & Grand River	1912	Unknown
Cass Technical	1922-2005	2421 Second	1922, 1985	Malcomson & Higginbotham Albert Kahn & Associates
Cass Technical	2005-present	2501 Second	2005	TMP Associates
Cass Union Cass Technical Commerce	1907-1910 1910-1912 1909-1912	Second & Grand River	1861, 1907, 1910	Unknown
Central	1926-present	2425 Tuxedo	1925	Malcomson, Higginbotham & Palmer
Chadsey	1931-2009	5335 Martin	1931, 1963, 1980	N. Chester Sorensen
Cody	1952-present	18445 Cathedral	1945, 1955	Giffels and Vallet
Cooley	1928-2010	15055 Hubbell	1927	Donaldson and Meier
Crockett Tech	1992-2006	571 Mack	Unknown	Unknown
Crockett Tech	2006-2012	8950 Saint Cyril	1924	Malcomson & Higginbotham
Denby	1930-present	12800 Kelly	1930, 1938	Smith, Hinchman, and Grylls
Detroit	1858-1863	1354 Broadway	1858	Unknown

[MrWCF]

HIGH SCHOOL	HS PERIOD	ADDRESS	BUILT, ADDITIONS	ARCHITECT
Detroit Central	1896-1926	4841 Cass	1895, 1907	Malcomson & Higginbotham
E English Village	2012-present	5020 Cadieux	2012	Albert Kahn and Associates
East Commerce	1926-1957	8411 Sylvester	1910, 1915, 1922	Malcomson & Higginbotham
Eastern	1895-1897	3524 E. Canfield	1890	Unknown
Eastern	1897-1901	3622 Pulford	1897	Unknown
Eastern	1901-1966	7200 Mack	1901, 1908	Malcomson & Higginbotham
Eastern M.L. King	1966-1968 1968-2011	3200 E. Lafayette	1966	Unknown
Finney	1964-2008	17200 Southampton	1928, 1931, 1939, 1949, 1956, 1964, 1971, 1980	Austin Howe Eberle M. Smith Associates
Finney	2008-2012	4180 Marlborough	1928, 1932	Bernard C. Wetzel and Co.
Henry Ford	1959-present	20000 Evergreen	1956, 1962	Giffels and Vallet
Higgins	1907-1913	9200 Olivet	1878, 1895	Unknown
Hunter	1920-1922	530 S. Colonial	1914, 1920	Unknown
Kettering	1965-2012	6101 Van Dyke	1965	Smith, Hinchman, and Grylls
M.L. King	2011-present	3200 E. Lafayette	2011	TMP Associates
Mackenzie	1928-2007	9275 Wyoming	1928, 1931, 1938, 1950, 1983	Smith, Hinchman, and Grylls
McMillan	1907-1916	615 S. West End	1895, 1922	Malcomson & Higginbotham
Miller	1933-1957	2322 Dubois	1919, 1922, 1931, 1951	Malcomson & Higginbotham
Mumford	1949-2012	17525 Wyoming	1948, 1952, 1954	McGrath and Dohmen
Mumford	2012-present	17525 Wyoming	2012	Hamilton Anderson Associates

[MrWCF]

HIGH SCHOOL	HS PERIOD	ADDRESS	BUILT, ADDITIONS	ARCHITECT
Nordstrum	1916-1922	6921 W. Fort	1915	Malcomson & Higginbotham
Northeastern	1916-1982	4830, 4872 Grandy	1916	Malcomson & Higginbotham
Northern	1916-2008	9026 Woodward	1914, 1926, 1928, 1933, 1977	Malcomson & Higginbotham Smith, Hinchman, and Grylls
Northwestern	1911-1980	6300 Grand River	1911	Malcomson & Higginbotham
Northwestern	1980-present	2200 W. Grand Blvd.	1980	Unknown
Osborn	1957-present	11600 E. 7 Mile	1957, 1961, 1962	Smith, Hinchman, and Grylls
Pershing	1930-present	18875 Ryan	1929, 1931, 1939, 1946, 1950, 1952	Smith, Hinchman, and Grylls
Philip Murray Murray-Wright	1965-1967 1967-2007	2001 W. Warren	1965	Unknown
Redford	1921-2007	21431 Grand River	1921, 1925, 1938, 1947, 1955, 1974, 1982	Burrowes & Eurich Dirk Van Reyendham N. Chester Sorensen C. Gabler
Renaissance	1978-2005	6565 W. Outer Drive	1951	Charles D. Hannan
Renaissance	2005-present	6565 W. Outer Drive	2005	Gunn Levine
Southeastern	1917-present	3030 Fairview	1915, 1918, 1930, 2005	Malcomson & Higginbotham
Southwestern	1922-2012	6921 W. Fort	1921, 1926, 1970	Malcomson, Higginbotham & Palmer
Western	1898-1935	1500 Scotten	1897, 1907	Malcomson & Higginbotham
Western	1937-present	1500 Scotten	1937, 1976	N. Chester Sorensen
Wilbur Wright	1928-1967	4333 Twelfth	1928, 1941, 1952, 1966	Henry M. Martens
Wilkins	1918-1922	S. Porter & Second	1869, 1873	Unknown