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Lost hotel, Midtown, 1924 to 1983

Paul Revere Hotel

Demolished in 1983

A drawing of Paul Revere Hotel from its recorded size and style. No photo we may share has turned up yet.
Opened
1924
Style
Italian Renaissance
Torn down
1983

Designed by Louis Kamper

The Paul Revere Hotel stood in Midtown from 1924 until 1983. Here is what it was, who made it and where to find the spot today.

On the map

Then and now

What stands there now

Today

Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan (United States), 2025 Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Little Caesars Arena

Opened 2017, Stadium

Detroit's Paul Revere Hotel, designed by Louis Kamper, stood on this spot for 59 years. It came down 43 years ago. In 2017, the Little Caesars Arena, a stadium, opened on the spot.

Little Caesars Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Midtown Detroit. Opening in September 2017, the arena, which cost $862.9 million to construct, replaced Joe Louis Arena and the Palace of Auburn Hills as the home of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA), respectively.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Read the story of the Little Caesars Arena Walk the block on the map
  1. 1924 Opens Paul Revere Hotel
  2. 1983 Comes down Paul Revere Hotel
  3. 2017 Rises Little Caesars Arena
  4. 2026 Today Little Caesars Arena
How we know what stands there
  • OpenStreetMap Little Caesars Arena, stadium at the map point

Checked October 25, 2026. We never guess: a site no source speaks for shows no answer.

What is there now

Little Caesars Arena

  • Rose on the site Stadium Source: OpenStreetMap
  • Paul Revere Hotel came down Source: Historic Detroit
See then and now

We checked Wikidata, Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Rebuild Detroit's landmark records and the county parcel records on October 25, 2026.

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 Paul Revere Hotel went up in Midtown.

The design came from Louis Kamper, in the Italian Renaissance style.

It is gone now, demolished in 1983, and the map pin below marks where it stood.

Timeline

  1. 1924 Built Designed by Louis Kamper
  2. 1983 Demolished
  3. 2026 Today 43 years since it came down

Where it is

57 Sproat and 2646 Park Ave.

On this map

  1. Paul Revere Hotel This place
  2. Eddystone Hotel 150 ft
  3. Park Avenue Hotel 250 ft
  4. Little Caesars Arena 300 ft
  5. Charlevoix Hotel 500 ft
  6. Detroit Life Building 500 ft
  7. Hofman Hotel 0.1 mi
  8. Hofmann Building 0.1 mi
  9. Alhambra Apartments 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.

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.