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Lost ship, Detroit, 1910 to 2018

Ste. Claire

Demolished in 2018

Hotel Ste. Claire, Detroit, Mich Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress
Opened
1910
Torn down
2018

Designed by Frank E. Kirby

Ste. Claire stood in Detroit from 1910 until 2018. 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

Then

[Ste. Claire Hotel, Detroit, Mich.] Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress

Today

Cadillac Square Park

Map data: OpenStreetMap contributors

Cadillac Square Park

Detroit's Ste. Claire, designed by Frank E. Kirby, stood on this spot for 108 years. It came down 8 years ago. Today the spot is part of Cadillac Square Park.

Walk the block on the map
  1. 1910 Opens Ste. Claire
  2. 1991 Closes Ste. Claire
  3. 2018 Comes down Ste. Claire
  4. 2026 Today Park
How we know what stands there
  • OpenStreetMap Cadillac Square Park, park at the map point

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

More photos of Ste. Claire

[Ste. Claire Hotel, Detroit, Mich.] Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress

What is there now

Cadillac Square Park

  • Today Park Source: OpenStreetMap
  • Ste. Claire 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 1910, in the years Detroit became the Motor City and built like it meant to stay on top, Ste. Claire went up.

Credit the design to Frank E. Kirby.

It is gone now, demolished in 2018, and the map pin below marks where it stood.

Timeline

  1. 1910 Built Designed by Frank E. Kirby
  2. 1991 Closed
  3. 2018 Demolished
  4. 2026 Today 8 years since it came down

Where it is

On this map

  1. Ste. Claire This place
  2. Greyhound Next door
  3. Seeandbee Next door
  4. Frank E. Kirby Next door
  5. North West Next door
  6. J.T. Wing Next door
  7. Pleasure Next door
  8. Western States Next door
  9. Owana Next door

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Who made it

Eastern States, by Frank E. Kirby Eastern States, by Frank E. Kirby. Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress

Architect

Frank E. Kirby

American ship designer, 1849 to 1929. Designed Eastern States (1902) and 8 more in Metro Detroit

Also by Frank E. Kirby

More from Detroit in the 1910s

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. Hotel Ste. Claire, Detroit, Mich Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress
  2. [Ste. Claire Hotel, Detroit, Mich.] Photo: Detroit Publishing Company, no known restrictions, via Library of Congress

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.