Belcrest Hotel

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caption = Front of the Belcrest Apartments
location= Detroit, Michigan
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 21
lat_seconds = 36
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 83
long_minutes = 4
long_seconds = 7
long_direction = W
locmapin = Michigan
area =
built =1926
architect= Charles N. Agree
architecture= No Style Listed
added = May 31, 1984
governing_body = Private
refnum=84001851cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] The Belcrest Apartments is an apartment building located at 5440 Cass Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It was built in 1926 as the Belcrest Hotel.

History

The Belcrest Apartment Hotel was built in 1926 as a residential hotel, catering to wealthy tenants. [http://www.detroit1701.org/Belcrest.html The Belcrest] from Detroit1701.org] The building exemplified what was, at the time, a novel style of living arrangement: an apartment building tha offered amenities normally associated with an hotel. Daily maid service and a restaurant on the premises set this apart from a conventional apartment building.

Architecture

The building was designed by Charles N. Agree in a T-shape. It is twelve stories high, constructed of concrete and steel and sheathed with brick and terra cotta. [http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/hso/sites/15224.htm The Belcrest] from the state of Michigan] Three projecting bays surround the base of the T, emphasizing the vertical, while terra cotta cornices on the third, eleventh, and top floors emphasize the horizontal.

External Links

* [http://www.belcrestapt.net/ Belcrest Apartments]

References