Lost hotel, Midtown, 1924 to 2015
Park Avenue Hotel
Demolished in 2015
- Opened
- 1924
- Style
- Italian Renaissance
- Torn down
- 2015
Designed by Louis Kamper
The Park Avenue Hotel stood in Midtown from 1924 until 2015. Here is what it was, who made it and where to find the spot today.
What is there now
Demolished in 2015
We have not yet found a source that says what stands on the spot today. Last looked on October 25, 2026.
The story
The Park Avenue Hotel went up in 1924, during the boom years when the auto industry turned Detroit into one of the fastest growing cities in America.
Louis Kamper drew the plans, in the Italian Renaissance style.
It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
It is gone now, demolished in 2015, and the map pin below marks where it stood.
The Park Avenue Hotel was a hotel in the Cass Corridor of Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006, and removed in 2024. It was also known as Salvation Army Harbor Light Center and is not to be confused with Park Avenue House, also once known as Park Avenue Hotel.
Timeline
- 1924 Built Designed by Louis Kamper
- 2003 Closed
- 2006 Listed on the National Register July 12, 2006
- 2015 Demolished
- 2026 Today 11 years since it came down
Where it is
2643 Park Ave.
Who made it
Col. Frank J. Hecker House, by Louis Kamper. Photo: Andrew Jameson at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Architect
Louis KamperAmerican architect, 1861 to 1953. Designed the Westin Book Cadillac Hotel (1924) and 37 more in Metro Detroit
Also by Louis Kamper
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Around the block
It is in Midtown. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
- Paul Revere Hotel Hotel, built 1924, Italian Renaissance, by Louis Kamper, demolished 1983 250 ft
- Detroit Life Building Building, built 1923, Neoclassical, by Arnold & Shreve 290 ft
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Charlevoix Hotel
Hotel, built 1905, Beaux Arts, by William S. Joy, demolished 2013
Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress
290 ft
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Little Caesars Arena
Stadium, built 2017, by HOK
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
320 ft
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Eddystone Hotel
Hotel, built 1924, Italian Renaissance, by Louis Kamper
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
390 ft
- Clifford Hotel Hotel, built 1923, by Joseph P. Jogerst, demolished 1984 0.1 mi
- Hofman Hotel Hotel, built 1883, by Robert T. Brookes, demolished 1920 0.1 mi
- Hofmann Building Building, built 1923, Neo Gothic, by Louis Kamper, demolished 1984 0.1 mi
Photo credits
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- Park Avenue Hotel, 2643 Park Ave, Detroit, Michigan Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sources
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