[2] In 1911, work began on a magnificent Baroque church with a lavish Beaux-Arts interior, which was completed in 1913.

[2] After World War II, the demographics of the neighborhood changed as the Polish Catholics moved out of the city and into the suburbs; in addition, the construction of Interstate 94 split the parish and displaced a number of families.

[2] The Archdiocese sold the structure to University of Michigan organist Sam Koontz of Ann Arbor, MI in 1989.

It requires extensive work and several stained glass windows and other architectural elements had previously been removed.

The school buildings house the Detroit Academy of Arts & Sciences and were not affected by the foreclosure and sale.