St. Agnes Church (Martyrs of Uganda)

This 1923 Gothic complex in Detroit's LaSalle Gardens survived the 1967 unrest that started blocks away, closed as Martyrs of Uganda parish in 2006, and was then stripped to a hauntingly bare sanctuary beloved by photographers. A four-hour fire on June 3, 2025 destroyed the rectory, though firefighters saved the main church; the owner still holds an approved $14.5 million residential conversion plan that had not broken ground. Post-fire structural instability, collapsed plaster, and open floors make the interior seriously hazardous, and the arson investigation has brought police attention to the property.