The Leland Hotel (Detroit, Michigan)

The Leland Hotel is a historic hotel located in the district of Downtown Detroit. The hotel is registered in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Location

It is located on the corner of Cass Avenue 400 Bageley Street and is one block from the Detroit People Mover built in 1987 removed; nearest bus stop is Times Square on Grand River Avenue between Cass and Washington Boulevard.

Architecture

The building was built by the Chicago company Rapp & Rapp, who also built the lying near Michigan Theatre. With its pre-hung granite stone façade, the hotel is to be settled in historicism.

History

The hotel opened on 20 April 1927. The name goes back to the founder of the company Cadillac Leland. It houses 800 rooms on 20 floors and a ballroom, which is no longer used, a bar, a diner and in the basement nightclub City Club. The fourth floor is still a bar of that Detroit Mafia, The Purple Gang, which is why the entire floor is locked and is only available to the management. The foyer was reception hall of the Detroit International Auto Salon.

Current situation

Currently, only ten hotel rooms are rented to guests. Most rooms have been converted into apartments that are available for permanent rental. Furthermore, are still vacant to find desolate rooms on all floors as well as a half-pipe, which was built by the residents themselves.

The hotel is being renovated. The hotel was sometimes used by the Detroit artist Michael E. Smith. The Leland Hotel is one of the few residential buildings in Downtown Detroit. Despite its location at Cass Avenue which is the street with the highest crime rate in Detroit, residents appreciate the security that is preserved with the help of surveillance cameras and 24 hour manned reception.