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St. Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Church

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St. Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Parish Complex
Location8666 Quincy Ave., Detroit, Michigan USA
Built1919
ArchitectVan Leyen, Schilling & Keough, Edward Schilling
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th century Revivals, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.89000786[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 14, 1989

The St. Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Church(Allen Academy) is a church located at 8666 Quincy Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

Description

Rectory
School

The St. Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Parish Complex consists of the church, rectory, school, and convent.[2] All of the buildings are essentially Neo-Romanesque in character, and are constructed of dark red brick trimmed with Indiana limestone.

The church is in the Italian Romanesque style, with Byzantine and Art Deco influences. It has a gable front facade with towers at the sides.[2] The entrance is through a triple arched, two-story Romanesque arcaded portico. Above the entrance is a round window flanked with arched niches.[2]

The school is a two-story I-shaped building; the rectory is a five-bay ceter entrance Colonial house with Neo-Romanesque details.[2] The three-story convent building, which was built during the Great Depression, features more modest ornamentation. A central pavilion containing the entrance divides the building into three elements.[2]

Significance

The St. Theresa of Avila Parish was built as an Irish-American parish, built at a time when the prosperity of the community was such that this magnificent complex could be afforded.[2] The need for this building reflects the population boom in the city brought about by the automobile industry.[2]

The parish was closed in the 1980s; the Allen Academy now uses the school building.

Allen Academy

Allen Academy is a charter school is Detroit,MI. Allen Academy has over 200 students and is a K-12 school. Allen Academy has 5 floors. The basement(6th) is where the high-schoolers learn.The 5th floor is the middle school(7th-8th) grade are and also where the cafiteria is. The 4th floor is the main lobby and also where kindergardners are. The 3rd floor is where 1st-2nd grade are and also where the gym is. The 5th floor is where 3rd-5th are. Now finally the 6th floor is the 5–6 grade learn.


References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Saint Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Parish Complex from the state of Michigan
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