Spires replaced on Detroit building from 1842

Prop Art Studio intern Edem Eminov adds adhesive to the back of crocket before installing them onto the spires for Mariners' Church at the studio in Detroit on Thursday, June 15, 2023.

Prop Art Studio intern Edem Eminov adds adhesive to the back of crocket before installing them onto the spires for Mariners' Church at the studio in Detroit on Thursday, June 15, 2023.

Prop Art Studio sculptor William Hanagan and intern Edem Eminov use a nail gun to install crockets onto the spires for Mariners' Church at the studio in Detroit on Thursday, June 15, 2023.

Prop Art Studio sculptor William Hanagan and intern Edem Eminov use a nail gun to install crockets onto the spires for Mariners' Church at the studio in Detroit on Thursday, June 15, 2023.

Prop Art Studio sculptor William Hanagan and intern Edem Eminov use a saw to cut off excess from the crockets piece (made from urethane foam board) before installing onto the spires for Mariners' Church at the studio in Detroit on Thursday, June 15, 2023.

Prop Art Studio sculptors Dusty Conley sprays urethane hard shell coatings onto a Mariners' Church spires as co-worker Ryan Wheeler spins the spires at the studio in Detroit on Thursday, June 28, 2023.

Prop Art Studio sculptors Dusty Conley sprays urethane hard shell coatings onto a Mariners' Church spires as co-worker Ryan Wheeler spins the spires at the studio in Detroit on Thursday, June 28, 2023.

One of Mariners' Church spires after being sprayed with a layer of urethane hard shell coating at Prop Art Studio in Detroit on Thursday, June 28, 2023.

Prop Art Studio intern Edem Eminov, left, and sculptor William Hanagan sand down excess urethane hard shell coating from a Mariners' Church spire at the studio in Detroit on Thursday, June 28, 2023.

Prop Art Studio co-owner Mike Stapleton demonstrates a brushstroke technique on painting the rendering on the spires for Mariners' Church to intern Edem Eminov at the studio in Detroit on Wednesday, July 19, 2023.

Joe Bush, an electrician from Conti, installs LED accent lights onto one of the Mariners' Church spires at Prop Art Studio in Detroit on Wednesday, July 19, 2023.

Prop Art Studio manager Andrea Baetens hands a phone to co-owner Mike Stapleton at the studio in Detroit on Wednesday, July 19, 2023.

Prop Art Studio intern Edem Eminov adds rendering to one of the Mariners' Church spires to make it look weathered at the studio in Detroit on Tuesday, July 18, 2023.

A photograph from the late 1800s shows the Mariners' Church with its spires at its original location on Woodward Avenue in Detroit on Saturday, July 22, 2023.

An old photograph from the Mariners' Church without its spires at its original location on Woodward Avenue in Detroit on Saturday, July 22, 2023.

Inside of the Mariners' Church in Detroit on Saturday, July 22, 2023.

Workers install the last two spires on Mariners' Church in Detroit on Saturday, July 22, 2023.

Dusty Connlley of Prop Art Studio, in a lifting basket, brings two side panels to be installed onto a spire at the Mariners' Church in Detroit on Saturday, July 22, 2023.

Mariners' Church caretaker Kathy McGraw, left, and parish administrator Charlotte McKenzie watch workers install the last two spires onto the church in Detroit on Saturday, July 22, 2023.

Workers install the last two spires on Mariners' Church in Detroit on Saturday, July 22, 2023.

Mariners' Church trustee Ken Morse, in a lifting basket, screws in a fleur-de-lis on a spire at the church in Detroit on Saturday, July 22, 2023.

Workers install the last two spires on Mariners' Church in Detroit on Saturday, July 22, 2023.

Mariners' Church trustee Stephen Trudeau and Prop Art Studio's Dusty Connlley install a fleur-de-lis onto a spire at the church in Detroit on Saturday, July 22, 2023.

John Stapleton of RB Construction watches workers install the spires onto the Mariners' Church in Detroit on Saturday, July 22, 2023.

Rodrigo Cruz of JMD Contractors, left, and Dusty Connlley of Prop Art Studio prepares a spire to be lifted into its place on the Mariners' Church in Detroit on Saturday, July 22, 2023.

Dusty Conley of Prop Art Studio watches as he directs the crane operator during the assembly of the top and bottom of a spire for the Mariners' Church in Detroit on Saturday, July 22, 2023.

Workers install the last two spires on Mariners' Church in Detroit on Saturday, July 22, 2023.

Prop Art co-owner Mike Stapleton helps put a harness on Mariners' Church trustee Ken Morse before Morse goes up in a lifting basket to install the fleur-de-lis on one of the spires at the church in Detroit on Saturday, July 22, 2023.

Mariners' Church parish administrator Charlotte McKenzie takes photos as she watches workers install the last two spires on the church in Detroit on Saturday, July 22, 2023.