Holy Family Church
In the early twentieth century immigrants from southern Italy and Sicily settled in Detroit’s northeast side. They first worshipped in a chapel at Saints Peter and Paul Church. In 1907 Father Giovanni Boschi arrived in Detroit and began a campaign to build a church for the Italian community. In 1908 Bishop John S. Foley canonized the church and named it Holy Family. Completed in November 1910, the Italian Renaissance basilica was designed by Edward A. Schilling of Detroit.
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Marker data: Michigan History Center
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