Lost hotel, Detroit, 1866 to 1929
Morgan Hotel
Demolished in 1929
- Opened
- 1866
- Style
- Italianate
- Torn down
- 1929
The Morgan Hotel stood in Detroit from 1866 until 1929. Here is what it was, who made it and where to find the spot today.
Then and now
What stands there now
An open, grassy lot
Detroit's Morgan Hotel stood on this spot for 63 years. It came down 97 years ago. Today the spot is a open, grassy lot.
- 1866 Opens Morgan Hotel
- 1928 Closes Morgan Hotel
- 1929 Comes down Morgan Hotel
- 2026 Today Open, grassy lot
What is there now
An open, grassy lot
- Today Source: OpenStreetMap
- Morgan Hotel came down Source: Historic Detroit
We checked Wikidata, Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Rebuild Detroit's landmark records and the county parcel records on October 25, 2026.
The story
The Morgan Hotel went up in 1866, as Detroit's lumber, stove and shipbuilding money went into brick and stone.
It was built in the Italianate style, and it still reads that way from the sidewalk.
It is gone now, demolished in 1929, and the map pin below marks where it stood.
Timeline
- 1866 Built Italianate
- 1928 Closed
- 1929 Demolished
- 2026 Today 97 years since it came down
Where it is
1537 Cass Ave.
On this map
- 1 Morgan Hotel This place
- 2 Leland Hotel 250 ft
- 3 AT&T Michigan Headquarters 280 ft
- 4 Wish Tree 360 ft
- 5 Michigan Theatre 380 ft
- 6 Town Residences 400 ft
- 7 Detroit Times Building 410 ft
- 8 Pontchartrain Club / Town House Apartments 430 ft
- 9 Brunswick Hotel 0.1 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
More from Detroit in the 1860s
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Central United Methodist Church
House of worship, built 1867, Gothic Revival, by Gordon W. Lloyd
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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![Griswold Hotel, Griswold Hotel [lobby, Detroit, Mich.]](https://rebuilddetroit.com/wp-content/uploads/rd-photos/landmarks/landmark-4523-2324-thumb-15fabace68.jpg)
Griswold Hotel
Hotel, built 1868, demolished 1961
Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress
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Christ Church
House of worship, built 1863, Gothic Revival, by Gordon W. Lloyd
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Academy of the Sacred Heart
School, built 1862, English Gothic, by James W. Wall, demolished 1920
Photo: Appraiser, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
House of worship, built 1870, Late Gothic Revival, by Donaldson & Meier
Photo: Nheyob, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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St. John's Episcopal Church
House of worship, built 1861, Gotchic Revival, by Anderson & Jordan
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Around the block
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Leland Hotel
Hotel, built 1927, Italian Renaissance, by Cornelius W. Rapp
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
250 ft
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AT&T Michigan Headquarters
Skyscraper, built 1919, by Smith, Hinchman & Grylls
Photo: Mikerussell at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
280 ft
- Wish Tree Building, built 2000, Avant garde, by Yoko Ono 360 ft
- Michigan Theatre Theater, built 1926, French Renaissance, by Cornelius W. Rapp 380 ft
- Town Residences Building, built 1953, Art Deco, by Wirt C. Rowland 400 ft
- Detroit Times Building Building, built 1929, Art Deco, by Albert Kahn, demolished 1978 410 ft
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Pontchartrain Club / Town House Apartments
Building, by Wirt C. Rowland
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
430 ft
- Brunswick Hotel Hotel, built 1890, by John Scott, demolished 1935 0.1 mi
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.