Westin Book Cadillac Hotel is a hotel in Detroit, the United States.[1] Wikidata describes it as “skyscraper in Detroit”. It opened in 1924. It is part of Washington Boulevard Historic District. The building has 29 floors. It stands about 0.3 km from the centre of Detroit.[3]
Overview
The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit is a historic hotel in downtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Washington Boulevard Historic District. Designed in the Neo-Renaissance style, and opened as the Book-Cadillac Hotel in 1924, the 349 ft (106 m), 31-story, 453-room hotel includes 65 exclusive luxury condominiums and penthouses on the top eight floors. It reopened in October 2008, managed by Westin Hotels, after a $200-million restoration.
From “Westin Book Cadillac Hotel” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
The hotel opened in 1924. It was designed by Louis Kamper, in the Renaissance Revival architecture style. The building has 29 floors. It is listed as a National Register of Historic Places contributing property. [1]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 0.3 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 — 0.3 km
- Mint House Detroit - Times Square — 0.3 km
- Shinola Hotel — 0.3 km, opened 1915
- The Leland Hotel — 0.4 km, opened 1927
- Fort Shelby Hotel — 0.4 km
- Detroit Statler Hotel — 0.4 km, opened 1915
- Aloft Detroit at The David Whitney — 0.4 km
- The Siren Hotel — 0.5 km
- Detroit Foundation Hotel — 0.5 km
- Hotel Tuller — 0.5 km, opened 1906
See also
- Hotels in Detroit
- Hotels in the United States
- Hotels designed by Louis Kamper
- Hotels in the Renaissance Revival style
- List of heritage-listed hotels in the United States
- List of hotels opened in the 1920s
References
- ^ Westin Book Cadillac Hotel (Q12072758). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Westin Book Cadillac Hotel. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-09-06.
- ^ Detroit (Q12439). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
- ^ Hotels in Detroit. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.
External links
- Westin Book Cadillac Hotel on Wikipedia
- Westin Book Cadillac Hotel on Wikidata
- Westin Book Cadillac Hotel on Wikimedia Commons — photographs