Saint Alphonsus High School - Arrow Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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The Esper home has been converted to a chapel, complete with sacristy and confessional, but soon the need for a church was apparent. Esper subsequently sold a plot of land on the corner of Warren and Schaefer for one dollar. The parish finally had a church, built of brick and bordering on a small cemetery. The structure stood on the present site of the school. In 1862, a school was built across Warren, which was used until 1921. It was a two story building; the second floor was used as a resi- dence for the teachers. In 1897. three sisters of Saint Dominic from Adrian came to St. Alphonsus after the resignation of the Sisters of Saint Agnes who had taught successfully since 1880. The Dominicans have tirelessly worked in the parish to this day. The new century brought a growing community and in- creased parish needs. The nuns requested a convent, which is still in use. and the pastor. Father Klich, also turned his attention to a new school. Half of the present building had been (con- structed in 1922 under Father Mies. An exact duplicate of the first half was built in 1926, joined to the original by the rooms now used as offices, the AV Room and the Language Lab. This procedure explains the (Kid arrangement of the basement rooms.