Greenfield Union School

Greenfield Union School was built for Greenfield Township before it was annexed to the City of Detroit in 1916. It is indicative of the continued expansion of Detroit's city limits during the first three decades of the twentieth century and is, thus, locally significant under National Register Criterion A. It also meets Criterion C for its architecture. Designed by architects Van Leyen, Schilling & Keough, it is a fine example of Georgian Revival design.

Greenfield Union School faces south onto Seven Mile Road, a commercial thoroughfare, several blocks east of Woodward Avenue, approximately eight miles north-northwest of downtown Detroit. It occupies the southern half of a city block; the houses that originally occupied the northern half of the block have since been razed. In style, Greenfield Union School is Georgian Revival, featuring a monumental portico and cupola. The rectangular core block, constructed between 1914 and 1916, is a tall, side-gabled, red brick structure on a high basement. This structure was flanked in 1931 by the addition of identical, brick, flat-roofed east and west wings, giving the structure an H-plan. The building was further expanded in 1971 with a single-story addition to the rear. Also on the site is a freestanding boiler building (contributing).