The Kean is an apartment building located at 8925 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan

Michigan

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, directly adjacent to the Hibbard Apartment Building

Hibbard Apartment Building

The Hibbard Apartment Building is an apartment building located at 8905 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, directly adjacent to The Kean. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.- Description :...

. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1985.

Description

The Kean is a strikingly Art Deco

Art Deco

Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...

 apartment building designed by Charles Noble in 1931. The building is sixteen stories high, containing four apartments per floor. The main structure is brick; the entrance is embellished with light orange terra cotta

Terra cotta

Terracotta, Terra cotta or Terra-cotta is a clay-based unglazed ceramic, although the term can also be applied to glazed ceramics where the fired body is porous and red in color...

, inset medallions, and Corinthian columns. The hipped roof is tiled, and edged with a red and white checkerboard pattern and gargoyles.

With the onset of the Great Depression

Great Depression

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, this was the last of the large residential apartments built along Jefferson until well after World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. The building is currently operated as an apartment building by Cynex Enterprises.