Ste. Anne de Detroit Catholic Church - Architecture

Architecture

Architects Leon Conquard and Alert E. French designed Ste. Anne de Détroit Catholic Church (1887) in the Gothic Revival style with flying buttresses, displaying the French influence. The Church faces a landscaped grand brick plaza and the main entrance on the north facade includes four gargoyles. Ste. Anne's displays the oldest stained glass in the city of Detroit. Ste. Anne's is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The 1818 church altar and Richard's remains are installed in a side chapel of the present Church. Other pieces of the 1818 church installed in the 1886 one include the communion rail, statue of Ste. Anne and the church bell.

Both parishes continued French traditions. Increased immigration and housing changes made Ste. Anne's into a primarily Irish parish by the 1920s, and soon thereafter a Hispanic one. The first sermon in Spanish was given in 1940; the last sermon in French in 1942. A Spanish-speaking priest was assigned in 1946. The parish remains largely Hispanic.

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