Lee Plaza (Detroit)
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Lee Plaza from just west along Grand Boulevard.
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| Location: | Detroit, Michigan |
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| Coordinates: | 42°21′34″N 83°6′6″W / 42.35944°N 83.10167°WCoordinates: 42°21′34″N 83°6′6″W / 42.35944°N 83.10167°W |
| Built: | 1928 |
| Architect: | Charles Noble Agree |
| Architectural style: | Art Deco |
| Governing body: | Local |
| NRHP Reference#: | 81000319[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | November 05, 1981 |
Lee Plaza (also known as the Lee Plaza Hotel or Lee Plaza Apartments) is a vacant high-rise apartment building in Detroit, Michigan, located at 2240 West Grand Boulevard. It is a registered historic site by the state of Michigan and was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places on November 5, 1981. The building was designed by Charles Noble and constructed in 1929, it rises to 15 floors and is an excellent example of Art Deco architecture of the 1920s.[2]
First built as an ornate high rise hotel along West Grand Boulevard, Lee Plaza was an upscale apartment with hotel services. Decorated with sculpture and tile outside, the structure rivaled the Book-Cadillac Hotel and Statler Hotel for architectural notice in Detroit during the 1920s. After economic contraction, the apartment's ownership changed several times, being used as a senior citizen's complex before finally closing as a residence in the early 1990s.
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Vacant structure with no windows
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Street level bricked up and fenced
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2240 West Grand Boulevard
[edit] References and further reading
- Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3.
- Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A. (1980). Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1651-4.
- Sharoff, Robert (2005). American City: Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3270-6.
[edit] Notes
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Michigan Historical Center. Historic Sites Online. "Lee Plaza"
[edit] External links
- Abandonedamerica.us photo gallery
- Kohrman, David. Forgotten Detroit "Lee Plaza Hotel" 2004. (Accessed 19 April 2008)
- Lee Plaza Apartments at Emporis.com
- Photo gallery at Detroiturbex.com
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