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Charles N. Agree

Architect, 1897 to 1982, born in Stamford

Whittier Hotel, Detroit's Pingree Park, 1923 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Designer of the Whittier Hotel, the hotel that opened in Detroit's Pingree Park in 1923, on the National Register since 1985. It is one of 13 works by Agree on record across Detroit, built from 1908 to 1949.

works on record in Metro Detroit
13
of work here, 1908 to 1949
41 years
Detroit neighborhoods
9
still standing
11 of 13

Every Agree building here, side by side

All 13 of Agree's works on record, oldest at left. None has a height on record, so each is drawn at one standard size in the shape of its kind.

The 7 best documented of Agree's 13 works on record, oldest at left. None has a height on record, so each is drawn at one standard size in the shape of its kind.

Whittier Hotel

1923, Detroit, height not on record, drawn at one standard size

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The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

Charles N. Agree lived from 1897 to 1982, a life that began in Stamford, and Wikidata describes Agree as an architect. Of everything Agree designed here, the Whittier Hotel leads the list, a hotel in Detroit's Pingree Park, finished in 1923 and listed on the National Register in 1985.

Of Agree's work here, the region has lost the Hollywood Theatre, demolished in 1963 and Mammoth Department Store, demolished in 2025. Today, 11 of Agree's works still stand.

Agree's Metro Detroit work on record runs from the Lane Bryant Building in 1908 to Mammoth Department Store in 1949, 41 years. The 1920s were Agree's busiest decade here, with 8 works on record. In Detroit it reaches 9 neighborhoods, among them Riverbend, Wayne State, and Cadillac Community.

On the Campau Realty Co. Building, Agree shares credit with Albert Kahn. On the Lane Bryant Building, Agree shares credit with Joseph E. Mills. To see Agree's work in person, start with the Lane Bryant Building at 1520 Woodward Ave.

Charles Nathanial Agree (April 18, 1897, March 10, 1982) was an American architect in Detroit, Michigan.

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Charles N. Agree in Metro Detroit, oldest first

Today

13 works

Where their buildings stand

13 works on the map

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13 works on the map

Who Agree worked with

Where the work stands

Photo credits

All 8 photos on Charles N. Agree's page, each with its author, license and the original.

  1. Whittier Hotel Detroit MI Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. These are the four buildings of the Pilgrim & Puritan Apartment Complex, 2014 Photo: Jermaine Rivers, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Belcrest Apartments Detroit. The building is a Registered Michigan State Historic Site, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. The Grande Ballroom, view from 8952 Grand River at Beverly Ct. Detroit in the summer of 2009 Photo: Albert duce, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. The Vanity Ballroom as seen from Jefferson avenue in the fall of 2010 Photo: Albert duce, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. The Vanity Ballroom as seen from Jefferson avenue in the fall of 2010 Photo: Albert duce, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  7. Belcrest Apartments Detroit. The building is a Registered Michigan State Historic Site, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  8. William H. Wells House on Jefferson Avenue, in Detroit, Michigan Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

The facts on Charles N. Agree come from Historic Detroit, Wikidata, and Wikipedia; Rebuild Detroit wrote the story above from them, and each photo names its license.