Fort Shelby Hotel is a hotel in Detroit, the United States.[1] Wikidata describes it as “high-rise hotel in Detroit, Michigan”. It stands about 0.5 km from the centre of Detroit.[3]
Overview
The DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Detroit Downtown - Fort Shelby is a restored historic high-rise hotel, located at 525 West Lafayette Boulevard (at First Street) in Downtown Detroit, Michigan.
From “Fort Shelby Hotel” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
Its architecture is described as Neoclassical architecture. It is listed as a National Register of Historic Places listed place. [1]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 0.5 km from the centre of Detroit. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Windsor International Airport (YQG), about 10 km from the centre of Detroit.[4]
It is one of 27 hotels in and around Detroit recorded in Wikidata, 22 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 11 with a recorded opening date, the earliest is Madison-Lenox Hotel, opened in 1903. See Hotels in Detroit.
Other hotels within 1.5 km:
- The Detroit Club — 0.2 km
- Westin Book Cadillac Hotel — 0.4 km, opened 1924
- Detroit Foundation Hotel — 0.4 km
- Crowne Plaza Detroit Downtown Riverfront — 0.5 km, opened 1965
- The Leland Hotel — 0.5 km, opened 1927
- Mint House Detroit - Times Square — 0.6 km
- MGM Grand Detroit — 0.7 km
- Shinola Hotel — 0.7 km, opened 1915
- Detroit Statler Hotel — 0.7 km, opened 1915
- Aloft Detroit at The David Whitney — 0.7 km
See also
- Hotels in Detroit
- Hotels in the United States
- Hotels in the Neoclassical style
- List of heritage-listed hotels in the United States
References
- ^ Fort Shelby Hotel (Q5472026). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Fort Shelby Hotel. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-09-05.
- ^ Detroit (Q12439). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
- ^ Hotels in Detroit. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.
External links
- Fort Shelby Hotel on Wikipedia
- Fort Shelby Hotel on Wikidata
- Fort Shelby Hotel on Wikimedia Commons — photographs