Finney High School

Located at 17200 Southampton, it was a part of Detroit Public Schools, and was in proximity to the Grosse Pointes.

[6][7] Finney received a $2.5 million bond investment prior to its closure in 2009.

[1] The school was named after Detroiter Jared Warner Finney, a United States Commissioner and U.S. Attorney, in honor of his wide-ranging contributions to the City of Detroit.

He was one of two sole members of the first graduating class of Detroit High School in 1861.

Jared's father, Seymour Finney, was a prominent conductor on Detroit's underground railroad and owned "Finney's Barn," near Griswold and State streets, where the family hid former slaves and helped ferry them to freedom in Canada.