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Hotel, Detroit, since 1927

Leland Hotel

Photographed standing in 2009

The Leland Hotel, detroit, 2009 Photo: Mikerussell at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Opened
1927
Style
Italian Renaissance
Standing
99 years

Designed by Cornelius W. Rapp, George L. Rapp and Rapp & Rapp

The Leland Hotel has stood on Bagley St. in Detroit since 1927, 99 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Leland Hotel

Detroit-Leland Hotel Detroit MI, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Chrysler-DeSoto Christmas Party, Hotel Detroit Leland, December 20, 1934 Photo: GarlandFamily, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Leland Hotel Detroit, Michigan, 2008 Photo: Mikerussell at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

The Leland Hotel opened in 1927, during the boom years when the auto industry turned Detroit into one of the fastest growing cities in America.

Cornelius W. Rapp, George L. Rapp, and Rapp & Rapp drew the plans, working in Italian Renaissance.

The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 2005.

It is still open, and still part of daily life in the city.

Go see it at 400 Bagley St. Photos never get the scale right.

The Detroit-Leland Hotel is a historic hotel located at 400 Bagley Street in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It is the oldest continuously operating hotel in downtown Detroit, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The ballroom of the Detroit-Leland has hosted a nightclub, the Leland City Club, since 1983.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1927 Built Designed by Cornelius W. Rapp, George L. Rapp, and Rapp & Rapp
  2. 2005 Listed on the National Register July 20, 2005
  3. 2026 Today 99 years and still standing

Where it is

400 Bagley St.

On this map

  1. Leland Hotel This place
  2. Morgan Hotel 250 ft
  3. Town Residences 380 ft
  4. Brunswick Hotel 380 ft
  5. Michigan Theatre 390 ft
  6. Pontchartrain Club / Town House Apartments 400 ft
  7. AT&T Michigan Headquarters 500 ft
  8. Grand Army of the Republic Building 500 ft
  9. G.A.R. Building 510 ft

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

Architect

Cornelius W. Rapp

Architect. Designed the Leland Hotel (1927) and the Michigan Theatre

Also by Cornelius W. Rapp

Architect

George L. Rapp

Architect. Designed the Leland Hotel (1927) and the Michigan Theatre

Also by George L. Rapp

Rapp & Rapp
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Architect

Rapp & Rapp

American architectural firm based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, 1906 to 1965. Designed the Leland Hotel (1927) and the Michigan Theatre

Also by Rapp & Rapp

More from Detroit in the 1920s

Around the block

Photo credits

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

  1. The Leland Hotel, detroit, 2009 Photo: Mikerussell at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Detroit-Leland Hotel Detroit MI, 2008 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Chrysler-DeSoto Christmas Party, Hotel Detroit Leland, December 20, 1934 Photo: GarlandFamily, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. Leland Hotel Detroit, Michigan, 2008 Photo: Mikerussell at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. Hyatt Regency, Dearborn, Michigan, 2007 Photo: Dave Parker, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. Title: Detroit-Leland Hotel, Detroit, Michigan Subjects: Hotels Places: Michigan > Wayne (county) > Detroit Notes..., 1930 Photo: Tichnor Brothers, Publisher, public domain, 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.