It was located at the north-west corner of intersection of East 71st St. and Kazimier St., in a part of the South Broadway neighborhood previously known in Polish as na Krakowie and nicknamed Goosetown.

[7] Father Anton Francis Kolaszewski [pl], the pastor of St. Stanislaus', was authorized to secure a church site, which he did in the summer of 1889, although the deed was given a few months later — 15 October 1889.

Shortly after the property was secured, a combination frame church and school was begun, the cornerstone for which was laid on Sunday, 29 September 1889, by Monsignor Felix M. Boff, V.G.

The school was attended by two hundred pupils, taught by Felician Sisters, of Detroit, who have had charge since its opening, in the spring of 1890.

Kula left 10 July 1895, and was immediately succeeded by Father Paul Cwiakala, who in a very short time gained the love and confidence of his people.

As Cwiakala's health was failing, Bishop Ignatius Frederick Horstmann permitted him to go to Europe for three months—July to September, 1896, during which time his place was supplied by Father L. Kisielewiecz, a professor in the Polish seminary at Detroit.

George Francis Houck, then the Chancellor, wrote in 1903 that, "its members are entirely of the laboring class, they contribute generously of their earnings to the support of church and school".

[6]: 221 Shortly after the property was secured, a combination frame church and school was begun, the cornerstone for which was laid on Sunday, 29 September 1889, by Mgr.