Detroit Architect

Charles N. Agree1897–1982

Charles N. Agree designed Art Deco landmarks across Detroit—the Vanity Ballroom, the Whittier Hotel, the Belcrest Apartments—and a string of neighborhood commercial buildings in Jefferson-Chalmers. His glazed terracotta and pattered brick gave 1920s Detroit a distinct popular Deco vernacular.

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