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Louis Kamper Apartments

Standing and open

A drawing of Louis Kamper Apartments from its recorded size and style. No photo we may share has turned up yet.
Opened
1926
Style
Art Moderne
Standing
100 years

Designed by Louis Kamper

The Louis Kamper Apartments has stood on Washington Blvd. in Detroit since 1926, 100 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

Louis Kamper Apartments today, from the street

Louis Kamper Apartments from the street today Photo: Street View, 2026

What is there now

Under renovation

  • Alteration permit Alterations to existing Fire Alarm System (Add additional coverage to Elevator Room and Elevator Recall) to Code per pla, estimated at $7,000 Source: City and county building permits
  • Alteration permit AKA 232 Grand River. Interior Tenant Build-Out to establish a Restaurant (Coffee Shop) in a 2,321 sq ft Ground Floor spa, estimated at $100,000 Source: City and county building permits
  • Standing and open Source: Historic Detroit

We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 25, 2026.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

The Louis Kamper Apartments opened in 1926, in the years Detroit became the Motor City and built like it meant to stay on top.

The design came from Louis Kamper, in the Art Moderne style.

It is still open, and still part of daily life in the city.

Next time you are nearby, stop at 1410 Washington Blvd and look up.

Timeline

  1. 1926 Built Designed by Louis Kamper
  2. 2025 Alteration permit July 25, 2025
  3. 2026 Alteration permit April 14, 2026
  4. 2026 Today Under renovation

Where it is

1410 Washington Blvd.

On this map

  1. Louis Kamper Apartments This place
  2. Greyhound Terminal (first) 110 ft
  3. Stevens Building 210 ft
  4. YWCA (first) 250 ft
  5. Griswold Hotel 260 ft
  6. Washington Boulevard Historic District 280 ft
  7. Empire Building 290 ft
  8. Capitol Square Building 310 ft
  9. Chancery Building 330 ft

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

Col. Frank J. Hecker House, by Louis Kamper Col. Frank J. Hecker House, by Louis Kamper. Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Architect

Louis Kamper

American architect, 1861 to 1953. Designed the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel (1924) and 37 more in Metro Detroit

Also by Louis Kamper

More from Detroit in the 1920s

Around the block

Photo credits

Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.

  1. Louis Kamper Apartments from the street today Photo: Street View, 2026

Sources

Facts only, gathered from these sources. The story above is written by Rebuild Detroit. Every photo names its author and license where it appears.