The Clay School

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caption = Clay School from across Martin Luther King
location= Detroit, Michigan
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 20
lat_seconds = 42
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 83
long_minutes = 3
long_seconds = 42
long_direction = W
locmapin = Michigan
area =
built =1888
architect= J.B. Tarleton
architecture= No Style Listed
added = July 08, 1982
governing_body = Private
refnum=82002913cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Clay School is a school building located at 453 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd in Detroit, Michigan. It is the oldest school building in the city of Detroit, [http://detroit1701.org/ClaySchool.htm Clay School] from Detroit1701] and is now known as the Clay Office and Conference Center. [http://www.woodwardavenue.us/heritage/sites/view/?viewType=location&location=Detroit-Midtown&id=48 Clay Office and Conference Center] from Woodward Avenue]

History

In 1873, a frame schoolhouse was built at this location to serve the children living in the area. In 1888, the frame school was replaced by the current structure. Until 1923 the building served as an elementary school. For the next eight years, it was a center for boys with discipline problems, and it was later used as headquarters for vocational study and as administrative offices for the Practical Nursing Center. In 1981, the building was sold to a developer, who converted the building into office space.

Architecture

The building is two stories tall, with a high basement marked at the top line of exterior stones. The structure has a hipped roof and the front entry is arched and decorated in stone. The masonry tower at the top was, until c. 1990, topped with a wooden cupola.

External links

* [http://www.clayoffices.com/ Clay Office & Conference Center]

References