St. Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Church facts for kids
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St. Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Parish Complex
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| Location | 8666 Quincy Street Detroit, Michigan |
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| Built | 1919 |
| Architect | Van Leyen, Schilling & Keough, Edward Schilling |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th century Revivals, Romanesque Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 89000786 |
| Added to NRHP | July 14, 1989 |
The St. Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Church is a beautiful old church building in Detroit, Michigan. It's located at 8666 Quincy Street. This church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. This means it's an important historical place worth protecting.
What Does the Church Complex Look Like?
The St. Theresa of Avila complex includes several buildings. These are the church, a rectory, a school, and a convent. A rectory is where the priests live. A convent is where nuns live.
All these buildings look similar in style. They are built with dark red bricks and trimmed with light-colored limestone. Their style is called Neo-Romanesque. This means they look like older Romanesque buildings.
The main church building looks like an Italian Romanesque church. It also has some influences from Byzantine and Art Deco styles. The front of the church has a pointed roof shape. There are tall towers on each side.
You enter the church through a large porch with five arches. This porch is two stories tall. Above the entrance, there is a round window. It has arched spaces on either side.
The school building has three stories and is shaped like the letter "I". The rectory is a house with five sections and a main entrance in the middle. It also has Romanesque Revival details. The convent building has three stories. It was built during the Great Depression, so it has simpler decorations. A central part with the entrance divides the building into three sections.
Why Is This Church Important?
The St. Theresa of Avila Parish was built for Irish-American families. They were doing very well financially at that time. Their prosperity allowed them to build this large and beautiful complex.
The need for such a big church showed how much Detroit's population was growing. Many people moved to the city because of the booming automobile industry.
The church parish closed its doors in 1989. After that, the school building was used by other organizations. From 1999 to 2016, the Allen Academy used the school building. This was a K-12 charter school.
Before that, from 1990 to 1998, the school was called Martyrs of Uganda Catholic Academy. It had over 400 students at its busiest time. During these years, the main church building stayed closed. Church services were held at Martyrs of Uganda Catholic Church. This other church was on 12th Street, where St. Agnes used to be.
See also
In Spanish: Iglesia de Santa Teresa de Ávila (Detroit) para niños
