Belcrest Hotel

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Belcrest Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front of the Belcrest Apartments
Location:	Detroit, Michigan
Coordinates:	42°21′36″N 83°4′7″W / 42.36, -83.06861Coordinates: 42°21′36″N 83°4′7″W / 42.36, -83.06861
Built/Founded:	1926
Architect:	Charles N. Agree
Architectural style(s):	No Style Listed
Added to NRHP:	May 31, 1984
NRHP Reference#:	84001851[1]
Governing body:	Private

The Belcrest Apartments is an apartment building located at 5440 Cass Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It was built in 1926 as the Belcrest Hotel.

Contents 1 History[2] 2 Architecture[2] 3 External Links 4 References

[edit] History^[2]

The Belcrest Apartment Hotel was built in 1926 as a residential hotel, catering to wealthy tenants. The building exemplified what was, at hte 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.

[edit] Architecture^[2]

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.^[3] 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.

[edit] External Links

• Belcrest Apartments

[edit] References

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