As Detroit’s first female mayor, Mary Sheffield has become the first female officeholder to reside at the mayoral Manoogian Mansion.
State of play: Sheffield has officially moved into the iconic home along the east riverfront in the Berry subdivision, a city spokesperson confirmed to Axios.
- The spokesperson said they weren’t aware of any renovations planned to the century-old home given a new occupant, but they didn’t answer a question asking when Sheffield moved into it.
Flashback: The seven-bedroom, nine-bath mansion was built in 1927 for $65,000, per Detroit Historical Society archives.
- Industrialist and philanthropist Alex Manoogian donated the home to the city in 1965 to be used as a mayor’s residence.
- The first mayor to live there was Jerry Cavanagh, according to the Michigan Chronicle.
Historically, per the archives, the mansion’s study was used as the mayor’s second office, and dignitary receptions and conferences were often held there…