It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

[2] The front entrance is flanked by pilasters, and surmounted by a stone panel with the name "Manchester."

The details of the exterior, including corner blocks around window groupings, brick quoins, and patterns above the cornice, demonstrate the rise of modernism.

The building is typical of medium-scale middle-class apartment buildings built in Detroit in general and along East Jefferson in particular in the first decade of the 20th century.

[3] The Manchester Apartments were featured in the season one episode of The Sopranos, The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti,[4] where it serves as the apartment building of Christopher Moltisanti and Adriana La Cerva.