El Tovar Apartments
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| Location | 320 East Grand Boulevard Detroit,Michigan |
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| Coordinates | 42°21′12″N83°0′20″W/ 42.35333°N 83.00556°W |
| Built | 1928 |
| Built by | Jacob P. and Walter F. Sumeracki |
| Architect | Robert J. West |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals,Art Deco |
| Part of | East Grand Boulevard Historic District(ID99001468) |
| NRHP referenceNo. | 91000214[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | February 28, 1991 |
| Designated CP | November 30, 1999 |
TheEl Tovar Apartmentsis an apartment building located at 320East Grand BoulevardinDetroit,Michigan,in theEast Grand Boulevard Historic District.It was listed on theNational Register of Historic Placesin 1991.[1]
Architecture
[edit]Often attributed to the firm of Wiedmaier & Gay, the December 6, 1928, edition of the Detroit Free Press lists Robert J. West as the architect of the building. The El Tovar Apartment building is an excellent example ofSpanish Moorish/Art Decostyle.[2]The El Tovar Apartments is a 4-and-a-half-story building, containing 73 apartments,[3]constructed from orange brick with limestone trim, orangeterra cottaaccents, and a Spanish tile roof.[2]The entrance is within the center pavilion, reached by a sidewalk flanked by carved lion figures.[4]The name El Tovar is carved on a scroll above the entrance.[2][4]Minaret-like towers project from the gabled roof, and there are arched openings at the corners of the front façade, chimney stack-like projections, pseudo-flying buttresses, and stylized crenellations.[4]
Significance
[edit]Built in 1928, the apartment building represents a significant change in Detroit from low density to higher density housing.[2]In 1988, the Messiah Housing Corporation purchased the building; they rehabilitated the apartments and opened them forSection 8housing in 1992.[3]Messiah Housing also owns the nearbySaint Paul Manor ApartmentsandKingston Arms Apartments.
References
[edit]- ^ab"National Register Information System".National Register of Historic Places.National Park Service.April 15, 2008.
- ^abcdEl Tovar ApartmentsArchived2007-10-11 at theWayback Machinefrom the city of Detroit
- ^abEl Tovar Apartments,Church of the Messiah Housing Corporation, archived fromthe originalon January 26, 2017,retrievedNovember 22,2016
- ^abcEl Tovar ApartmentsArchived2011-06-06 at theWayback Machinefrom the state of Michigan
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