[1] The Milner Arms Apartments (originally known as the Hotel Stevenson) abuts, but is not within, the district.

[2] As the automotive industry brought a population boom to the city of Detroit, demand for housing increased substantially.

The Aderna Court contained retail space on the first floor in addition to apartments above, and some of the first commercial tenants included a beauty shop, laundry, and tavern.

Also in 1924, the firm of Pollmar and Ropes designed the Naomi Apartments, which were valued at $447,000 upon completion.

[5] The district includes four apartment buildings near the corner of Cass Avenue and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard:[3] These buildings are all three to six stories tall and are constructed of brick with limestone or cast stone details.

Multi-sided bay windows run the height of the building at the corners of the front facade.

The four-story building sits on a raised basements, and measures 70 feet by 80 feet, The facade is symmetric, and contains a central three story, monumental portico with square brick piers and ornamental iron railings.

The bays flanking the center contain groupings of paired windows on stone sills.