School on 14th street near MCS: closed or open?

**mcsdetroitfriend** · December-08-09, 10:25 PM

I was looking on Google maps the other day and finally found a name for the building St. Vincent De Paul, now I've been by the building and it has boards over the front door, but a quick Google search says as of 2/2009 the building is still open for school.

Question: is it still a functioning school, or has it closed recently?

Just curious

Thanks!

**urbanoutdoors** · December-08-09, 11:30 PM

Long time since it has been open... Hard to have a school next to the abandoned warehouse not to mention almost all catholic schools in the city are closed...

**mcsdetroitfriend** · December-08-09, 11:36 PM

Right, that's what I thought, I just can't explain why the website still says its open....

http://www.privateschoolreview.com/s...chool_id/14571

Though now that I look at this, it looks like it's all user based and not all fact based, but nowhere does it say closed

**kathy2trips** · December-09-09, 02:42 AM

The 1928-29 R.L. Polk Detroit City Directory lists St. Vincent DePaul School as being on the SE corner of 14th and Daizelle. Unless the building you're looking at was built after that.

**mcsdetroitfriend** · December-09-09, 09:09 AM

Maybe they moved half a block? Or if I'm misinterpreting you, then it's the same building.

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**DetroitHabitater** · December-09-09, 09:28 AM

The original Elementary school stands as described in the Polk. This building was built as a middle or high school wasn't built until the 40's I believe. The original church and school were torn down in the 60's.

**mcsdetroitfriend** · December-09-09, 12:41 PM

I did a real drive by today and it's definitely empty, every doorway is boarded or chained up and has blankets and remnants of homeless camps.

There is a banner on the west side of the building saying something about Latino English something or other [[I can't remember).