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Detroit Statler Hotel collection

 Collection
Identifier: 8471

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Reports, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, floor plans, and ephemera relating to the hotel and the history of the site where it was built.

Dates

  • 1823-2014.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

The Detroit Statler Hotel, also known as the Statler-Hilton and Detroit Heritage Hotel, was designed by George B. Post and Louis Rorimer. Consisting of 18 stories and containing 800 rooms, it was built in 1915 at 1539 Washington Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan. Although popular at one time, it fell into disuse by 1975 and was demolished in 2005.

Extent

.4 cubic feet. (.4 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Reports, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, floor plans, and ephemera relating to the hotel and the history of the site where it was built.

Physical Description

Reports, printed materials, photographs, publications and architectural plans.

Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by RMC Staff
Date
December 2014
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)