By 1983, 10 years after the Archdiocese closed it, St. Patrick had been hit hard by thieves, vandals and scrappers.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
The ravaged interior of St. Patrick Catholic Church in 1983, a decade after it closed - and a decade before it was destroyed by fire.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
St. Patrick in 1975, only a few short years after it closed.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
St. Patrick's in the late 19th century.
Photo from the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library