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Hotel, Midtown, since 1924

Eddystone Hotel

Standing and open

Eddystone Hotel, Detroit, Michigan Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Opened
1924
Style
Italian Renaissance
Standing
102 years

Designed by Louis Kamper

The Eddystone Hotel has stood on Sproat St. in Midtown since 1924, 102 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

What is there now

Standing and open

We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 25, 2026. Nothing new at this address in the last two years.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

In 1924, in the years Detroit became the Motor City and built like it meant to stay on top, the Eddystone Hotel opened in Midtown.

Louis Kamper drew the plans, working in Italian Renaissance.

The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 2006.

It still stands and still opens its doors.

Go see it at 100-118 Sproat St. Photos never get the scale right.

The Eddystone Building is an apartment building and former hotel located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, at 100-118 Sproat Street. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1924 Built Designed by Louis Kamper
  2. 2006 Listed on the National Register July 12, 2006
  3. 2006 Protected by the city Eddystone Hotel
  4. 2026 Today 102 years and still standing

Where it is

100-118 Sproat St.

On this map

  1. Eddystone Hotel This place
  2. Paul Revere Hotel 150 ft
  3. Park Avenue Hotel 390 ft
  4. Little Caesars Arena 410 ft
  5. Alhambra Apartments 460 ft
  6. Hofman Hotel 0.1 mi
  7. Charlevoix Hotel 0.1 mi
  8. Detroit Life Building 0.1 mi
  9. Hofmann Building 0.1 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

Col. Frank J. Hecker House, by Louis Kamper Col. Frank J. Hecker House, by Louis Kamper. Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Architect

Louis Kamper

American architect, 1861 to 1953. Designed the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel (1924) and 37 more in Metro Detroit

Also by Louis Kamper

More from Detroit in the 1920s

Around the block

It is in Midtown. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.

Photo credits

Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.

  1. Eddystone Hotel, Detroit, Michigan Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

Facts only, gathered from these sources. The story above is written by Rebuild Detroit. Every photo names its author and license where it appears.