St. Leo High School (Detroit, Michigan)

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St. Leo High School (Michigan)
Address
4860 15th Street


United States
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Type Private, Coeducational
Established1892
Closed1971
Grades 912
Color(s)Red and White   
Athletics conference Catholic High School League
Nickname Lions

St. Leo High School was a Catholic high school established in 1892 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. [1] [2]

It was designed by Donaldson and Meier, an architectural firm based in Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1880 by John M. Donaldson (1854–1941) and Henry J. Meier (1858–1917),

St. Leo was one of only nine Catholic high schools established in the 1800s in the Detroit area:

  1. Detroit Sacred Heart Academy (1851)
  2. University of Detroit High School (1877)
  3. Detroit Felician (1882)
  4. Detroit Holy Redeemer (1882)
  5. St. Mary's Preparatory (1885)
  6. Grosse Pointe Academy of the Sacred Heart (1887)
  7. Detroit St. Joseph (1889)
  8. Detroit Sweetest Heart of Mary(1890)
  9. Detroit St. Leo (1892)

In 1926, St. Leo faced Detroit Holy Redeemer in the very first football game to determine the champion of the Detroit Parochial League (later the CHSL). St. Leo lost that game 14-9. [3]

St. Leo High School was located on 15th Street between Grand River Avenue and West Warren Avenue, just a few blocks from the site where the 1967 Detroit riots began. The school closed in 1971.

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References

  1. "St. Leo Roman Catholic Church". detroit1701.org. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  2. "Archdiocese of Detroit - The Roman Catholic Church in Detroit, MI". aod.org. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  3. "Detroit St. Leo Lions Michigan High School Football Scores, Schedules, and Analytics".