[1] The Coronado Apartments were built in 1894 by George D. Nutt, a prominent Detroit builder,[2] and the architectural firm of William S. Joy & Company.

[2] It is constructed of yellow brick and rusticated sandstone with a flat roof and architecturally designed elevations on both the Second and Selden avenues sides.

The façade is terminated at the south end by a curved bay window and at the north (Selden) corner by a round turret.

[2] The building is divided horizontally, with rusticated sandstone forming the outer walls up through the second story, and yellow brick above.

A broad cornice and wide panelled brick frieze, pierced with ventilation holes, tops the building.