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Detroit Savings Bank - Photos

A 12-foot-wide new Fiberglas sculpture is now over the doorway of the Archdiocese of Detroit. It wasn't originally part of the building.

A view of the Detroit Savings Bank Building - Photo from Jul. 26, 2025

The sculpture was created by artists in Ann Arbor. It depicts a trio of figures central to Catholic faith: Jesus, shown as a young boy, emerging from a Bible touched by his mother, Mary, and his grandmother Anne. Catholics refer to St. Anne as the patron saint of Detroit, a title that the Vatican affirmed in 2011.

The South side entrance on State St.

Griswold elevation of the Detroit Savings Bank Building