Pasadena Apartments | |
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Location | 2170 East Jefferson Avenue Detroit, Michigan |
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Coordinates | 42°20′12″N 83°1′34″W / 42.33667°N 83.02611°W |
Built | 1902 |
Architect | Mortimer L. Smith & Sons |
Architectural style | Renaissance Revival |
MPS | East Jefferson Avenue Residential TR |
NRHP reference No. | 85002944 [1] |
Added to NRHP | October 09, 1985 |
The Pasadena Apartments is an apartment building located at 2170 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]
The Pasadena Apartment Building is an eleven-story building constructed of yellow brick with limestone facing on the two lower floors. [2] A column of bay windows rises from the basement to the tenth floor; a classic style entrance is in the center of the front façade. [2] The building originally had classical details on the upper floors, including a cornice and false balconies, that have been removed. [2]
The Pasadena Apartments was constructed in 1902 from a design by Mortimer L. Smith. The building is an early example of upper-class, multi-unit housing, and is one of the earliest of these structures to be built with reinforced concrete. [2] The building was constructed at a time when newly wealthy families associated with Detroit's industrial boom were appearing, yet financing requirements for private homes were substantial. [3]
The building is still used as apartment space, and is operated by MFG Detroit. [4]