Erin/Warren Fractional District No. 2 Schoolhouse

The Erin/Warren Fractional District No. 2 Schoolhouse served as the public school in what is now known as Eastpointe from its construction in 1872 until replaced by a larger building in 1921. The school, restored to its original appearance and used as a museum, is a well-preserved example of later nineteenth-century vernacular, Italianate one-room schoolhouse architecture.

The Erin/Warren Fractional District No. 2 Schoolhouse, a one-story, wooden, Italianate schoolhouse with a cupola, was built in 1872 and served as classroom space for the Erin/Warren Fractional District continuously until 1921. The simple schoolhouse is rectangular in plan. Four round arch-headed windows line each side elevation, while a round arch-headed window flanks the central entry door on each side. The entry door displays a fanlight above the door, with an Italianate hood, supported at each end by a console bracket. Likewise, two of the same windows flank a back entry door, but are the only two windows on the structure without shutters. Closed as a school and sold in 1921, the building was moved several hundred feet east to the southeast corner of Gratiot Avenue and Nine Mile Road. Restored by the East Detroit Historical Society beginning in 1984, the schoolhouse has been moved back to near its original location. The school's site is surrounded by a picket fence. A wooden plank walk leads to a small wooden porch located at the north-facing front facade of the schoolhouse. Two large, wooden doors open into the schoolhouse's vestibule. A fan window is located above the double doors. Above the fanlight, in the center of the front facade, is a wooden roundel with the following inscription: 'Erin/Warren District No.2.' A cupola is located near the front peak of the gable roof. A large, functional bell is located within the cupola; the original bell is on display in the schoolhouse. All windows on the schoolhouse measure seventy-seven inches by thirty inches. Narrow window hoods round the top of each window, revealing the Late Victorian style of architecture previously mentioned. All windows have fixed shutters on either side.