Raymond Marwood-Elton Carey was born in Guernsey, Channel Islands, in 1883. He was the son of Adolphus John Carey and Susan Frances Elton, and trained as an architect in Britain.

He emigrated to the United States and moved to Detroit, practicing as an architect until 1909, when he moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, in Canada. From 1909 to 1917, he worked in partnership with architect John Woodman (1861-1944), and from 1919 to 1923, he worked in partnership with architect George William Northwood (1876-1969) at the architectural firm of Northwood & Carey.

In 1923, he returned to Detroit, initially working under his own name and, in 1924, once again associated himself with an engineer - this time with Horace H. Esselstyn (1872-1957). Carey continued to work as an architect until 1937, when he returned to London, England.

Carey died in London on Aug. 20, 1975.

Buildings:

• Visitation Catholic Church (1945 Webb St., Detroit) (1924)

• Wolverine Tube Company Factory (addition) (1411 Central St., Detroit) (1924-1925)

• Comfort Station (Northwestern Field) (1925)

• Holcomb Elementary School addition (18100 Bentler St.) (1925)

• Fourteenth Precinct Police Station (13365 Schaefer Hwy., Detroit) (1926-1927, demolished)

• Halley Elementary School (2585 Grove St., Detroit) (1928)

• St. Clair Community Building (4611 Fairview St., Detroit) (1928, demolished in 2010)