Hotel, Corktown, since 1923
Roosevelt Hotel
Standing, closed
- Opened
- 1923
- Standing
- 103 years
Designed by Pollmar & Ropes
The Roosevelt Hotel has stood on Fourteenth St. in Corktown since 1923, 103 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.
What is there now
Standing, closed
- Closed Source: Historic Detroit
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
The Roosevelt Hotel opened in 1923, in the years Detroit became the Motor City and built like it meant to stay on top.
Credit the design to Pollmar & Ropes.
Its doors are closed for now, but the building still stands.
Next time you are nearby, stop at 2250 Fourteenth St and look up.
Timeline
- 1923 Built Designed by Pollmar & Ropes
- 2026 Today Standing, closed
Where it is
2250 Fourteenth St.
On this map
- 1 Roosevelt Hotel This place
- 2 Tre-Way Apartments 170 ft
- 3 Corktown Historic District 500 ft
- 4 CPA Building 0.1 mi
- 5 Newlab at Michigan Central Building 0.1 mi
- 6 St. Boniface Catholic Church 0.1 mi
- 7 Michigan Central Station 0.2 mi
- 8 The Factory at Corktown 0.2 mi
- 9 St. Paul's German Evangelical Lutheran Church 0.2 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
Who made it
Architect
Pollmar & RopesArchitecture firm. Designed the Roosevelt Hotel (1923) and 10 more in Metro Detroit
Also by Pollmar & Ropes
- Holmes Building 1902
- Manhattan Apartments 1905
- Gordon-Pagel Bakery 1907
- John A. McDonald House 1907
- Peter H. Zacharias House 1909
- Gustav Darmstaetter House 1911
More from Detroit in the 1920s
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Bethel Community Transformation Center
House of worship, built 1922, by Albert Kahn
Photo: paintings by Myron G. Barlow photography by Helmut Ziewers,, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Westin Book Cadillac Hotel
Hotel, built 1924, Neo-Renaissance, by Louis Kamper
Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Buhl Building
Skyscraper, built 1925, Neo-Romanesque, by Wirt C. Rowland
Photo: I, Mikerussell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Chateau Frontenac
Building, built 1925, Mediterranean, by J. Will Wilson, demolished 1999
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Belcrest Apartments
Building, built 1926, Neo-Romanesque, by Charles N. Agree
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Cadillac Place
Building, built 1920, by Albert Kahn
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Around the block
It is in Corktown. See the neighborhood's homes, pros and story.
- Tre-Way Apartments Building, built 1927, by Talmadge C. Hughes, demolished 1989 170 ft
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Corktown Historic District
Historic district, Colonial Revival
Photo: Brian Mulloy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
500 ft
- CPA Building Building, built 1924, Neoclassical, by Alvin E. Harley 0.1 mi
- Newlab at Michigan Central Building Building, built 1936, by Albert Kahn 0.1 mi
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St. Boniface Catholic Church
House of worship, built 1883, Romanesque Revival, by William Scott & Co., demolished 1996
Photo: This file is from the Mechanical Curator collection, a set of over 1 million images scanned from out-of-copyright books and released to Flic, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
0.1 mi
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Michigan Central Station
Building, built 1913, Beaux Arts, by Reed & Stem
Photo: WMrapids, CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
0.2 mi
- The Factory at Corktown Building, built 1907, Industrial, by Richard E. Raseman 0.2 mi
- St. Paul's German Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship, built 1873, German Gothic, by Carl Schmidt 0.2 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.