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
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b c Michigan MPS Manchester Apartments, National Park Service
- ^ a b "Manchester Apartments". Princeton Management. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ The Sopranos location guide
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