The Manchester Apartments is an apartment building located at 2016 East Jefferson Avenue in

Detroit, Michigan Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at ...

. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1985.

Description

The Manchester Apartments is a four-story apartment building constructed from brick. The front entrance is flanked by pilasters, and surmounted by a stone panel with the name "Manchester." The details of the exterior, including corner blocks around window groupings, brick quoins, and patterns above the cornice, demonstrate the rise of modernism. The building contains one- and two-bedroom apartments.

History

Manchester Apartments was constructed in 1915. The building is typical of medium-scale middle-class apartment buildings built in Detroit in general and along East Jefferson in particular in the first decade of the 20th century. The building continues to house apartments into 2020.

In popular culture

The Manchester Apartments were featured in the season one episode of

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, ''

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and

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References

{{National Register of Historic Places listings in Wayne County, Michigan Apartment buildings in Detroit National Register of Historic Places in Detroit Residential buildings completed in 1915 Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan