Holy Family Orphanage

Holy Family Orphanage
Holy Family Orphanage
	Holy Family Orphanage in July 2011
	Location within Michigan
General information
Status	Renovated
Classification	apartments
Address	600 Altamont Street
Town or city	Marquette, Michigan
Country	United States
Coordinates	46°32′25″N87°24′12″W / 46.54028°N 87.40333°W Coordinates: 46°32′25″N87°24′12″W / 46.54028°N 87.40333°W
Construction started	1914
Opened	1915
Closed	1981-2016
Cost	US$100,000
Technical details
Material	Brick and South Marquette Sandstone
	Holy Family Orphanage
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NRHP reference No.	15000701
Added to NRHP	October 5, 2015
References

Last updated April 26, 2022

Holy Family Orphanage was an abandoned Catholic orphanage located at 600 Altamont Street in Marquette, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 5, 2015.^[1]

Facilities

At its peak, Holy Family Orphanage housed approximately 200 orphans from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and nearby areas.^[2]^[3]^[4] The building included: classrooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, laundry facilities, kitchen facilities, and a chapel.^[3]^[4]

The building is mostly constructed of red clay brick, but does include a decorative front entrance made of south Marquette Sandstone.^[4]

History

Construction on Holy Family Orphanage began in 1914, and cost approximately US$100,000(equivalent to $2,705,316 in 2021).^[4]

The building opened immediately after construction in 1915.^[2]^[3]^[4] Initially the facility accepted mostly children between second and eighth grade, but later infants and older children were accepted as well.^[4]

While it was intended originally to only serve white children, some of its first residents included 60 Native American children transferred from a Catholic home named after St. Joseph in Assinins. The Native American children had been placed in the Assinins home after being taken away from their parents to accommodate their integration into white culture.^[4] Also notably, in 1963, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette decided to host a group of child refugees from Cuba as a part of Operation Pedro Pan.^[3]

The orphanage provided care to hundreds of children from its opening in 1915 until its closure in 1965. The administrative offices of the complex continued operating until 1981, when they too were closed and the facility was considered abandoned.^[4]

Redevelopment

In 1998, the building was purchased by local businessman Roger Rinne. His original intention was to convert the abandoned structure into an assisted living facility, but this plan was never realized. Rinne eventually placed the property for sale at a firm minimum price of $1.6 million, despite the City of Marquette estimating its value at just over $200,000.^[4]

In 2008, a purchase agreement with Rinne for the property was signed by Treasure Lampi. She reported she had plans to turn the abandoned structure into a school of performing arts. Lampi stated that renovation costs were estimated to be approximately $3 million.^[5] This plan also never came to fruition.

In 2016, the property was purchased by the Community Action Alger-Marquette agency and the long-planned redevelopment project led by developer Home Renewal Systems of Farmington Hills, Michigan was finalized.^[6] On 17 August 2016, a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Grandview Apartments was held at the orphanage building on Altamont Street. The building was completely renovated at an estimated cost of $15.8 million. Renovation work on the facility completed in mid-2018.

Current Use

The Holy Family Orphanage facility is now a private apartment complex (operating as Grandview Apartments) containing 56 units operated by Community Action Alger-Marquette. 14 of the units in the building support families in need including local formerly homeless.^[6] The original chapel still remains as a community space for the residents of the building.

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References

1 2 "AssetDetail". focus.nps.gov. National Park Service. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
1 2 3 4 "5 Most Haunted Places in Marquette". Travel Marquette. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Frye, Megan (October 20, 2015). "The 11 Most Insane Abandoned Places in Michigan". thrillist. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Holy Family Orphanage: Last Rites for the Cavalcade King". Substreet. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
1 2 Hokum, Kim (April 24, 2008). "Orphanage revival?". The Mining Journal. Marquette, Michigan. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
1 2 Aaron, Beohm. "Former Holy Family Orphanage Sold". Grandview Marquette. Retrieved April 25, 2022.

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[nps-1] 1 2 "AssetDetail". focus.nps.gov. National Park Service. Retrieved October 23, 2015.

[tm-5most-2] 1 2 3 4 "5 Most Haunted Places in Marquette". Travel Marquette. Retrieved October 23, 2015.

[thrillist1015-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Frye, Megan (October 20, 2015). "The 11 Most Insane Abandoned Places in Michigan". thrillist. Retrieved October 23, 2015.

[substreet-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Holy Family Orphanage: Last Rites for the Cavalcade King". Substreet. Retrieved October 23, 2015.

[mjn408-5] 1 2 Hokum, Kim (April 24, 2008). "Orphanage revival?". The Mining Journal. Marquette, Michigan. Retrieved October 23, 2015.

[GV207-6] 1 2 Aaron, Beohm. "Former Holy Family Orphanage Sold". Grandview Marquette. Retrieved April 25, 2022.

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