Building, Islandview, since 1925
Saint Paul Manor Apartments
No demolition on record
- Opened
- 1925
- Style
- Art Deco
- Standing
- 101 years
Saint Paul Manor Apartments has stood on E. Grand Boulevard in Islandview since 1925, 101 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.
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
In 1925, in the years Detroit became the Motor City and built like it meant to stay on top, Saint Paul Manor Apartments opened in Islandview.
It was built in the Art Deco style, and it still reads that way from the sidewalk.
It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
Go see it at 356 E. Grand Boulevard. Photos never get the scale right.
The Saint Paul Manor Apartments is an apartment building located at 356 East Grand Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan, in the East Grand Boulevard Historic District. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
Timeline
- 1925 Built Art Deco
- 1999 Listed on the National Register April 9, 1999
- 2026 Today 101 years and still standing
Where it is
356 E. Grand Boulevard
On this map
- 1 Saint Paul Manor Apartments This place
- 2 East Grand Boulevard Historic District 120 ft
- 3 El Tovar Apartments 230 ft
- 4 Kingston Arms Apartments 0.1 mi
- 5 Church of the Messiah 0.2 mi
- 6 St. Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Parish Complex 0.2 mi
- 7 Frederic M. Sibley Lumber Company Office Building 0.4 mi
- 8 West Village Historic District 0.4 mi
- 9 Julius T. Melchers House 0.4 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
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Broderick Tower
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Cadillac Tower
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Around the block
It is in Islandview. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
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East Grand Boulevard Historic District
Historic district, Renaissance
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
120 ft
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El Tovar Apartments
Building, built 1928, Art Deco, by Robert J. West
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
230 ft
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Kingston Arms Apartments
Building, built 1924, Tudor Revival
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.1 mi
- Church of the Messiah House of worship, built 1852, New England, by Calvin N. Otis 0.2 mi
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St. Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Parish Complex
House of worship, built 1912, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.2 mi
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Frederic M. Sibley Lumber Company Office Building
Building, built 1917, Classical Revival
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.4 mi
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West Village Historic District
Building, Colonial Revival
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.4 mi
- Julius T. Melchers House Built 1897, Colonial Revival, in West Village 0.4 mi
Photo credits
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- Saint Paul Manor Apartments on Grand Boulevard in Detroit MI Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sources
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