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Lancaster and Waumbek Apartments
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Lot where the Lancaster and Waumbek Apartments once stood.
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| Location: | Detroit, Michigan |
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| Built: | 1904 |
| Architect: | Almon Clother Varney |
| Architectural style: | Tudor Revival |
| Demolished: | November 2005 |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 97000921[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | August 21, 1997 |
The Lancaster and Waumbek Apartments were small apartment buildings located at 227-29 and 237-39 East Palmer in Detroit, Michigan. The apartments were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1] They were demolished in November 2005.[2]
The Lancaster and Waumbek Apartments were two small three-story apartment buildings of similar design located side-by-side on East Palmer.[3] Each building was constructed of brick trimmed with stone, and designed in a Tudor Revival style, although with slightly different detailing on the facade. The facades featured projecting bays with a small light well in the middle.[3] On the interior, each floor was divided into two apartments of similar layout, featuring decorative plaster and woodwork.[3]
The two structures were well-designed examples of turn-of-the-century apartment houses in Detroit.[3] They were designed by the prolific Almon Clother Varney, a notable architect of apartment buildings in early 20th century Detroit.[3] These two buildings were once owned by one of Michigan's first suffragists, Sarah A. Sampson, who lived in the Lancaster with her husband from 1906 to 1919. [3]
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