Health & Public Safety

Lafayette Clinic
Lafayette Clinic / Woodward Academy
The Lafayette Clinic was a former mental health facility in downtown Detroit that closed in 1992 and reopened as a charter school.
Fail Jail
Wayne County Jail
The Wayne County Consolidated Jail project was abandoned in 2013 due to cost overruns and demolished in 2018.
Engine 8 / Ladder 12
Engine 8 / Ladder 12
Engine 8 is a former fire station near downtown that closed in 2012 and was converted into a private residence.
Engine 38 / Ladder 29
Engine 38 / Ladder 29
Engine 38 is a former fire station that closed in 2012 and was converted into a private residence.
Engine 47 / Ladder 30
Engine 47 / Ladder 30
Engine 47 is a former fire station that closed in 2012.
Engine 49
Engine 49
Engine 49 is a former fire station that closed in 2012.
Engine 27 / Ladder 8
Engine 27 / Ladder 8
Engine 27 / Ladder 8 is a former fire station in Southwest Detroit.
Detroit Fire Training Academy
Detroit Fire Training Academy
The former training academy of the Detroit Fire Department was abandoned in 2015 after it moved to a new location.
Camp Brighton Prison
Camp Brighton Prison
Camp Brighton was a prison that closed in 2007 and was abandoned.
Camp White Lake Prison
Camp White Lake Prison
Camp White Lake Prison closed in 2009 due to budget cuts and was demolished in 2015
Detroit Police Crime Lab
Detroit Police Crime Lab
Foster Elementary School was later converted in a crime lab for the Detroit Police Department, which closed in 2008.
Riverside Osteopathic Hospital
Riverside Osteopathic Hospital
A former Osteopathic Hospital in the suburb of Riverside, part of which was demolished in 2013.
Detroit House of Correction
Detroit House of Correction
The Detroit House of Correction was a prison complex in the suburbs of Detroit built in 1931 and closed in 2004.
Northville Psychiatric Hospital
Northville Psychiatric Hospital
Northville Psychiatric Hospital was a mental health facility located in a suburb of Detroit. It closed in 2003 and has been abandoned since.
Herman Kiefer Hospital
Herman Kiefer Hospital
Herman Kiefer Hospital was an early contagious diseases hospital on the north side of Detroit. The hospital closed permanently in 2013.
Detroit Hope Hospital
Detroit Hope Hospital
Detroit Hope Hospital was a minority hospital serving the neighborhood of Virginia Park. Demolished in 2014.
United Community Hospital
United Community Hospital
United Community Hospital was built and dedicated 1974. It closed permanenetly in 2006, and has been abandoned since.
Engine 21 & Ladder 28
Engine 21 & Ladder 28
Detroit Fire Engine 21 & Ladder 28 was a fire station established in 1927. It closed in 2013 and was abandoned, but is currently being renovated into a commercial space.
Highland Park Police Headquarters
Highland Park Police Headquarters
Unused since the state takeover of the city of Highland Park. Criminal records, case files, and equipment filled this decaying building. Demolished in 2012.
Detroit Hope Hospital
Detroit Osteopathic Hospital
Detroit Osteopathic was a hospital in Highland Park.
Greater Detroit Hospital
Greater Detroit Hospital
Greater Detroit Hospital is an abandoned hospital in the Detroit suburb of Hamtrammick.
Arnold Home
Arnold Home
The Arnold Home was a hospital and senior citizens home. Demolished in 2013.
Highland Park Fire Headquarters
Highland Park Fire Headquarters
The former Highland Park fire department headquarters, abandoned after the state took over the city for financial reasons.
Highland Park Municipal
Highland Park Municipal Building
Once the courthouse for the city of Highland Park.
St. Luke Treatment Center
St. Luke Treatment Center
Senior citizen's home / addiction care facility located next door to the former Detroit Osteopathic hospital.
Sixth Precinct Police Station
Sixth Precinct Police Station
The sixth precinct police Station of the Detroit Police Department closed in the late 90's.
7th Precinct Police Station
7th Precinct Police Station
The 7th Precinct of the Detroit Police Department was located on Mack and Gratiot from its opening in 1960 to its closing in 2005.
Sturtevant St. Station
Highland Park Fire Station
An abandoned fire station in Highland Park. Demolished in 2013.
Third Precinct Police Station
Third Precinct Police Station
The former Detroit Police Department Third Precinct, located in Mexicantown. Now converted into an art studio.
Engine & Ladder 22
Engine 22
A former fire station on Michigan Avenue in Detroit, converted into a restaurant and later abandoned.
Eighth Precinct Police Station
Eighth Precinct Police Station
Formerly the 8th / 16th precinct police station. Demolished in 2014.
Shapero Hall
Shapero Hall
Once the college of pharmacy for Wayne State University.
Ladder 16
Ladder 16 & Engine 36
Detroit Fire Ladder 16 & Engine 36 was a fire station established in 1918. It closed in 2012 and was converted into a truck repair shop in 2017.
Woodward Nursing Center
Woodward Nursing Center
The Woodward Nursing Center was a nursing home located in the former Ingleside Social Club.
St. Peter's Home for Boys
St. Peter's Home for Boys
St. Peter's was a residential home for troubled or abused young people. The home closed in 2010 due to budgetary problems.