Building, Milwaukee Junction, since 1905
Millwood Apartments
Still standing, photographed 2024
- Opened
- 1905
- Style
- Classical Revival
- Standing
- 121 years
Designed by Raseman & Fisher
The Millwood Apartments has stood on E. Milwaukee St. in Milwaukee Junction since 1905, 121 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.
More photos of Millwood Apartments
What is there now
Under renovation
- Alteration permit Interior alterations per documents (Separate trades permits required) (Subject to Field Approval.), estimated at $1,400,000 Source: City and county building permits
- Alter Revision permit Revision to BLD2024-01618 to reflect the amended scope of work to Code per plans. (Interior alterations per documents.) , estimated at $1,402,000 Source: City and county building permits
- Mechanical permit 2 - 100 gall water heaters Source: City and county building permits
We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 24, 2026.
The story
In 1905, in the years Detroit became the Motor City and built like it meant to stay on top, the Millwood Apartments opened in Milwaukee Junction.
Credit the design to Raseman & Fisher, working in Classical Revival.
It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.
Crews are bringing it back, and Detroit is watching.
Next time you are nearby, stop at 36 E. Milwaukee St and look up.
Millwood Apartments is an apartment building located at 36 East Milwaukee Street in Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.
Timeline
- 1905 Built Designed by Raseman & Fisher
- 2022 Closed
- 2024 Listed on the National Register August 21, 2024
- 2025 Alteration permit April 28, 2025
- 2026 2 building permits $1.4 million in declared work, the latest June 1
- 2026 Today Under renovation
Where it is
36 E. Milwaukee St.
On this map
- 1 Millwood Apartments This place
- 2 New Center Commercial Historic District 280 ft
- 3 Grand Quarters 380 ft
- 4 7300 Woodward 0.1 mi
- 5 Stanley Hong's Mannia Cafe 0.1 mi
- 6 Basso Building 0.2 mi
- 7 Argonaut Building 0.2 mi
- 8 General Motors Research Laboratory 0.2 mi
- 9 Cadillac Place 0.2 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Who made it
Breitmeyer-Tobin Building, by Raseman & Fisher. Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Architect
Raseman & FisherArchitecture firm. Designed the Breitmeyer-Tobin Building (1905) and the Millwood Apartments
Also by Raseman & Fisher
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Around the block
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New Center Commercial Historic District
Building, Commercial, by Albert Kahn
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
280 ft
- Grand Quarters Building, built 1915, by Fuller Claflin, demolished 2011 380 ft
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7300 Woodward
Building, built 1910, by Albert Kahn
Photo: Jet Lowe, Historic American Buildings Survey, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress
0.1 mi
- Stanley Hong's Mannia Cafe Building, built 1971, Googie, by Nathan Johnson 0.1 mi
- Basso Building Building, built 1915, Beaux Arts, by Van Leyen, Schilling, Keough & Reynolds, demolished 0.2 mi
- Argonaut Building Building, built 1928, Art Deco, by Albert Kahn 0.2 mi
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General Motors Research Laboratory
Building, built 1928, Early Commercial, by Albert Kahn
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.2 mi
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Cadillac Place
Building, built 1920, by Albert Kahn
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.2 mi
Photo credits
Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.
- Millwood Apartments in Detroit Michigan, 2024 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Millwood Apartments Detroit 2003 This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of... Photo: Jet Lowe, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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.