National Register of Historic Places

Somerset Apartments

Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Listed
October 8, 1985
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
85002946

About this property

The Somerset Apartments was an apartment building located in Detroit, Michigan. It was also known as the Parkcrest Apartment Building. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The Somerset Apartments were five interconnected rectangular buildings, each four stories, built in a row running rearward from Jefferson. It had 80 units and was over 45,000 square feet (4,200 m2). The front façade was symmetrical, faced with limestone on the first story and red brick above, with arched windows on the first floor. The roofline had a dentiled cornice with a white frieze below. The apartment building was an excellent example of high-quality middle-class residential architecture from the 1920s. The May 14, 1922 issue of the Detroit Free Press lists C. Howard Crane as the architect of the building. In the 2000s, the building was unused, and was slated for demolition by the city of Detroit. The Somerset Apartments was in a two-alarm fire on November 23, 2013. It was damaged beyond repair and was demolished 7 months later.

Location

1523 E. Jefferson Ave.
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
42.33546, -83.02977

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Somerset Apartments listed on the National Register?

Somerset Apartments was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 1985.

What type of historic resource is Somerset Apartments?

Somerset Apartments is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Somerset Apartments?

The period of significance for Somerset Apartments is recorded as the industrial era.

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