Riverwalk Hotel Detroit is a hotel in Detroit, the United States.[1] It stands about 2.8 km from the centre of Detroit.[3]
Overview
The Roberts Riverwalk Urban Resort Hotel, formerly the Parke-Davis Research Laboratory also once known as Building 55-Detroit Research, is a defunct luxury hotel on the Detroit International Riverfront in Detroit, Michigan. The former research facility was redeveloped as a boutique luxury hotel in the 1980s. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976 for its historic significance as an early research laboratory.
From “Riverwalk Hotel Detroit” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
It was designed by Donaldson and Meier, in the Romanesque Revival architecture style. It is listed as a National Historic Landmark and a National Register of Historic Places listed place. [1]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 2.8 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.
See also
- Hotels in Detroit
- Hotels in the United States
- Hotels in the Romanesque Revival style
- List of heritage-listed hotels in the United States
References
- ^ Riverwalk Hotel Detroit (Q7338793). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Riverwalk Hotel Detroit. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-08-31.
- ^ Detroit (Q12439). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
- ^ Hotels in Detroit. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.
External links
- Riverwalk Hotel Detroit — official website
- Riverwalk Hotel Detroit on Wikipedia
- Riverwalk Hotel Detroit on Wikidata
- Riverwalk Hotel Detroit on Wikimedia Commons — photographs