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I was wondering if anyone had any background information about a building on the corner of Kercheval and St Jean?
It looks like it might have been an old school? I'm calling it the Mickey Mouse building - there's a small status of a mouse near the top.
Thanks in advance.
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Is that the St. Rose Hall?
I work by there and have passed that building almost every weekday for a year and 10 months. I want to say that it was occupied until as late as last summer. Before they boarded up the front door, there was a gate that locked in front of the doorway. I remember when they were moving stuff out and then the board went up. Then not too long after, the lone window on the back of the building was smashed and then broken off. Looks like a nice brick building.
That was the St. Rose Social Hall.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeM
Welcome, CityChick!!!
As others have said, that was St. Rose Hall. It was the social hall for St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic church the stood a block away at Kercheval and Beniteau. The school building across Kercheval used to be St. Rose High. My father went to elementary school for a while around the corner at the Lilibridge School and his grandmother lived right across the street.
Nice architecture. What is the little mouse icon about? Was it part of the original design?
My parents attended St. Rose of Lima High School. Class of '51. Dad lived at 1226 St. Jean in the first block south of Jefferson. Mom lived at 1235 Meadowbrook in the first block south of Jefferson. Mom still occasionally gets together with St. Rose classmates.Quote:
Originally Posted by EastsideAl
I don't think so. I'm surprised you didn't recognize Mickey!Quote:
Originally Posted by Zacha341
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Whats the story with it's placement on this building? Seems kinda random.Quote:
Originally Posted by Honky Tonk
I know it's Mickey. I was just tryna see how he got there ...:)...
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Originally Posted by Honky Tonk
You called him a "little mouse icon"....... GOOD question, though, and WHY is he there?. Where are the experts here?????Quote:
Originally Posted by Zacha341
^^^ Hah! Oh the horror, I messed up a bit!
There has to be some Disney correlation with this building. Last year at this time I went into the lot to the side of the the building and saw six wood panels [[6x4) of two different Disney attractions; 1. Epcot Center and 2. a Disney China town.Quote:
Originally Posted by citychick
I don't think it's random, in fact it looks thought out to me. @ the pinnacle, squarely in the middle, over the entrance. "This is Mickey's house" kind of look. IMOQuote:
Originally Posted by bailey
The mystery grows..........Quote:
Originally Posted by warsaw7
I didn't know that. Sorry....Quote:
Originally Posted by Zacha341
I meant random in that it's a Mickey Mouse "house" in Detroit. Clearly the placement of the statute is intentional...Quote:
Originally Posted by Honky Tonk
Maybe it's last incarnation was a daycare or pre school?
I was thinking along those lines too. It wouldn't explain the "six wood panels [[6x4) of two different Disney attractions", though.Quote:
Originally Posted by bailey
Thanks everyone - I knew I would find the answer here. :)
Perhaps it was used as part of a movie shoot at some time in the last few years? That bizarre mouse sculpture is certainly a pretty recent add-on. If you look closely at it on streetview you'll see that it is secured to the building with a cable and set up to be lighted.