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Lee Plaza (Detroit)
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Lee Plaza 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.
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.
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
, 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
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
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
Art Deco
Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
architecture of the 1920s.
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
Statler Hotel
The Statler Hotel company was one of the United States' early chains of hotels catering to traveling businessmen and tourists. It was founded by Ellsworth Milton Statler in Buffalo, New York.- Early ventures :...
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.
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
