Austin Catholic Preparatory School
Austin Catholic Preparatory School was a boys, non–residential, college preparatory Catholic school in Detroit, Michigan. Austin was "one of the city's most widely respected schools." The school was founded in 1951 and operated by the Augustinians. Its first class graduated in 1956. Austin was closed in 1978 due to declining enrollment and a desire by the Augustinians to sell the school's property.
| Austin Catholic Preparatory School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
18300 East Warren Avenue , Michigan 48224 United States | |
| Coordinates | 42°24′34″N 82°54′56″W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, All-Male |
| Motto | Tolle Lege (Take and Read) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic, Augustinians |
| Established | 1951 |
| Closed | 1978 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Color(s) | Black and White |
| Fight song | The Glory of the Black and White |
| Nickname | Austin Friars |
| Newspaper | The Friar |
| Yearbook | Magistro |
| Graduates | 3,212 |
Throughout its existence, Austin functioned in an unremarkable, austere, cinder block and brick building on an eleven-acre site at the corner of East Warren Avenue and Canyon Street on the far east side of Detroit, adjacent to the Grosse Pointes. Its spartan facilities included a gymnasium, library, and chapel, but no auditorium, swimming pool, track, or football stadium. Drawing most of its students from Detroit and the eastern suburbs, by its closing Austin had graduated 3,212 young men.