Fred L. Smith
Architect
Designer of the Pasadena Apartments, the building that went up in Detroit's Rivertown in 1904, on the National Register since 1985.
The story
Smith's mark on Metro Detroit is the Pasadena Apartments, a building in Detroit's Rivertown, finished in 1904 and listed on the National Register in 1985. Built during the boom years when the auto industry turned Detroit into one of the fastest growing cities in America, it has stood for 122 years.
Mortimer L. Smith & Son is credited beside Smith on the Pasadena Apartments. Go see the Pasadena Apartments at 2170 E. Jefferson Ave for yourself.
Fred L. Smith's work in Metro Detroit
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Pasadena Apartments
1904, Detroit's Rivertown, Building
Photographed standing in 1905
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Who Smith worked with
- Mortimer L. Smith & Son on the Pasadena Apartments
Where the work stands
Photo credits
The photo on Fred L. Smith's page, each with its author, license and the original.
- Pasedena Apartments, at 2170 East Jefferson Avenue, in Detroit, Michigan Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sources
The facts on Fred L. Smith come from Historic Detroit; Rebuild Detroit wrote the story above from them, and each photo names its license.