Manchester Apartments (Detroit)
United States historic place
Manchester Apartments
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Location |
2016 East Jefferson Avenue
Detroit, Michigan |
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Coordinates | 42°20′10″N 83°1′37″W / 42.33611°N 83.02694°W / 42.33611; -83.02694 |
Built | 1915 |
MPS | East Jefferson Avenue Residential TR |
NRHP reference No. | 85002941 [1] |
Added to NRHP | October 9, 1985 |
The Manchester Apartments is an apartment building located at 2016 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]
Description
The Manchester Apartments is a four-story apartment building constructed from brick. [2] 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. [2] The building contains one- and two-bedroom apartments. [3]
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. [2] The building continues to house apartments into 2020. [3]
In popular culture
The Manchester Apartments were featured in the season one episode of The Sopranos , The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti , [4] where it serves as the apartment building of Christopher Moltisanti and Adriana La Cerva .
References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System" . National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . April 15, 2008.
- 1 2 3 Michigan MPS Manchester Apartments , National Park Service
- 1 2 "Manchester Apartments" . Princeton Management . Retrieved June 1, 2020 .
- ↑ The Sopranos location guide