Detroit Hilton Hotel

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The Detroit Hilton Hotel was a large hotel that stood on the lot on Bagley Street between Park Avenue and Washington Boulevard at what is now Grand Circus Park in the Foxtown neighbourhood of downtown Detroit, Michigan. It stood at 18 floors in height with two basement floors, and was constructed in 1914, finished in 1915. This was also the site of Harry Houdini's last performance. The hotel was designed in the Georgian architectural style, with English Renaissance Revival roots clearly showing.

The building stood between the United Artists Theatre Building and the David Whitney Building.

SkyscraperPage.com lists this building as the former Statler Hotel (standing at 1539 Washington Boulevard), and says it was demolished in August 2005. for Super Bowl XL. When it was standing, it was a hotel, restaurant, retail office, and then it was abandoned. It was designed in the [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts architectural style, with renaissance revival mixed in.

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As of 2002, the former Detroit Hilton Hotel was abandoned.
The Detroit Hilton Hotel, which has been vacant for nearly 30 years, will be demolished following approval by the Detroit Historic District Commission.
A lawsuit from preservationists has temporarily delayed the city's plans to demolish the former hotel building.
The hotel had proven so popular that 200-room addition was added onto the back of the hotel along Washington Boulevard.
This hotel's architectural style is Georgian, which is a subset of English Renaissance Revival.
According to the original blueprints, one of the penthouse roof levels lies at 226' above the street. And Sanborn Maps list the other at 232' above the street. The full structural height is unclear, though.