2012.020.095
Postcard
Jesuit Church and Detroit College, Detroit, Mich.
Color postcard depicting a street view of Ss. Peter and Paul Church and Detroit College from the corner of Jefferson Avenue and St. Antoine Street.
Printed on verso: Sts. Peter and Paul's Church. Jefferson Ave. and St. Antoine St., was founded by the Jesuit Fathers in 1849. The original church structure is still standing. Adjoining is Detroit College, founded in 1877, a flourishing Catholic school for boys, with an annual attendance of about 300.