The Chatsworth Apartments is an

apartment building An apartment (American English), or flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story. There are ma ...

located in Midtown

Detroit 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 t ...

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, within the campus of

Wayne State University Wayne State University (WSU) is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan. It is Michigan's third-largest university. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 350 programs to nearly 25,000 ...

. It was listed on the

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in 1986.

Description

The Chatsworth Apartments is a nine-story, L-shaped apartment building, built of reinforced concrete with tan-colored brick and tile.Chatsworth Apartments
from the state of Michigan It included an underground parking garage with a sixty-five car capacity – an uncommon feature at the time. The facade of the Chatsworth is divided into three horizontal sections: a heavier base consisting of the first two floors, a center section of floors 3–8, and the capping of the ninth floor. The first two floors are designed with decorative elements, including white stone at the ground level, orangish tiles, balustrades on the second-story windows, and a clearly defined bracketed cornice above the second floor. The main facade includes three strong vertical bays in the main section (floors 3–8) which stand out as columns. Gothic-shaped arches top the ninth-story windows, as well as the second-story windows. Inside, each of floors 3–9 typically contain 10 living units of varying size, with most containing a living room, dining area, kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom.

History

The Chatsworth was built in 1928 for the realty company T.F. Norris Company from a design by the firm of Pollmar, Ropes & Lundy. The apartment building was constructed at a cost of approximately $560,000 to accommodate the influx of residents into Detroit in the 1920s. The original owner was likely Charles A. Gallarno – he certainly owned the land on which the Chatsworth was built, and owned some nearby apartment buildings, but his ownership of the Chatsworth is uncertain. In 1943, Bondholders Management Inc. acquired the property. As early as 1951,

expressed an interest in purchasing the Chatsworth. The University did acquire it in February 1961. As of 2016, the building is owned by

, and is used as housing for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. The university allows families with children to live in Chatsworth Tower. Residents are zoned to

Detroit Public Schools Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) is a school district that covers all of the city of Detroit, Michigan, United States and high school students in the insular city of Highland Park. The district, which replaced the original Detr ...

. Zoned schools include DPS Foundation for Early Learners @ Edmonson (K-8), and King High School (9-12).High School Boundaries - 2012/13 School Year
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. Retrieved on November 1, 2012.

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