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Building, East Village, since 1924

Pilgrim and Puritan Apartment Complex

Still standing, photographed 2014

These are the four buildings of the Pilgrim & Puritan Apartment Complex, 2014 Photo: Jermaine Rivers, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Opened
1924
Style
Neoclassical / Commercial Brick
Standing
102 years

Designed by Charles N. Agree

Pilgrim and Puritan Apartment Complex has stood on to 9333 E. Jefferson Ave. in East Village since 1924, 102 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Pilgrim and Puritan Apartment Complex

Southeast corner of the Pilgrim & Puritan Apartment Complex, 2014 Photo: Jermaine Rivers, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A close-up of 1 of 2 front entrances to the Pilgrim & Puritan Apartment Complex, 2014 Photo: Jermaine Rivers, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This is 1 of 2 front entrances to the Pilgrim & Puritan Apartment Complex, 2014 Photo: Jermaine Rivers, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What is there now

Standing

We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 24, 2026. Nothing new at this address in the last two years.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

In 1924, in the years Detroit became the Motor City and built like it meant to stay on top, Pilgrim and Puritan Apartment Complex opened in East Village.

Charles N. Agree drew the plans, in the Neoclassical / Commercial Brick style.

The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 2014.

Go see it at 9303 to 9333 E. Jefferson Ave. Photos never get the scale right.

The Pilgrim and Puritan Apartment Complex is a historic apartment building located at 9303 to 9333 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. It is a large and intact example of a courtyard style of apartment building complex, not found elsewhere on East Jefferson Avenue.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1924 Built Designed by Charles N. Agree
  2. 2014 Listed on the National Register August 25, 2014
  3. 2026 Today 102 years and still standing

Where it is

9303 to 9333 E. Jefferson Ave.

On this map

  1. Pilgrim and Puritan Apartment Complex This place
  2. The Shepherd 490 ft
  3. Marvin Stanton Home 0.1 mi
  4. Kean Apartments 0.2 mi
  5. Hurlbut Memorial Gate 0.2 mi
  6. The Kean 0.2 mi
  7. North One Apartments 0.2 mi
  8. Monteith Elementary School 0.2 mi
  9. Hibbard Apartment Building 0.2 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

Whittier Hotel, by Charles N. Agree Whittier Hotel, by Charles N. Agree. Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Architect

Charles N. Agree

Architect, 1897 to 1982. Designed the Whittier Hotel (1923) and 12 more in Metro Detroit

Also by Charles N. Agree

More from Detroit in the 1920s

Around the block

It is in East Village. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.

Photo credits

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

  1. These are the four buildings of the Pilgrim & Puritan Apartment Complex, 2014 Photo: Jermaine Rivers, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Southeast corner of the Pilgrim & Puritan Apartment Complex, 2014 Photo: Jermaine Rivers, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. A close-up of 1 of 2 front entrances to the Pilgrim & Puritan Apartment Complex, 2014 Photo: Jermaine Rivers, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. This is 1 of 2 front entrances to the Pilgrim & Puritan Apartment Complex, 2014 Photo: Jermaine Rivers, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. Front and side view of the Pilgrim & Puritan Apartment Complex, 2014 Photo: Jermaine Rivers, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. These are the four buildings of the Pilgrim & Puritan Apartment Complex, 2014 Photo: Jermaine Rivers, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

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