22-709: The Park Avenue House is a high rise residential building located at 2305 Park Avenue in the Park Avenue Historic District in Downtown Detroit , Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. It should not be confused with the nearby Park Avenue Hotel , which was demolished in 2015. Formerly known as the Royal Palm Hotel , it is one of three hotels located on Park Avenue and designed by Louis Kamper for Lew Tuller ;
44-657: A eulogy for thousands gathered to mourn the death of President Abraham Lincoln . Architect Henry Bacon designed the Russell Alger Memorial Fountain (1921) in Grand Circus Park. Bacon's other projects include the Lincoln Memorial (1915–1922) in Washington, D.C. The fountain contains a classic Roman figure symbolizing Michigan by American sculptor Daniel French who sculpted the figure of Lincoln for
66-660: Is a historic district located in Detroit, Michigan , along Park Avenue between Adams St. and I-75. The district includes the Women's City Club , the Detroit Building , and the Park Avenue House . The district was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1996 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. In the 1920s, Detroit's prestigious Grand Circus Park was crowded with buildings. The automotive boom in
88-482: Is anchored by the Edison Fountain and capped on its north eastern edge with a statue of mayor Hazen Pingree . The Maybury and Pingree monuments have been relocated several times. The Pingree statue was erected in 1904 near Woodward and Park Avenues facing south, while his rival, Maybury, occupied a site in the eastern half of the park facing Pingree across Woodward Avenue. After the 1957 garage construction, Pingree
110-442: Is located within the Park Avenue Historic District ; the entrance faces Park Avenue. Although the building has undergone some alterations, it is generally in excellent condition. The Town Pump Tavern is located on the ground floor of the building. The front facade is symmetrical, with seven bays with double hung windows. The facade is of orange brick, with limestone on the first two floors. Different window treatment draw attention to
132-838: The Harmonie Park District, which has taken on the renowned legacy of Detroit's music from 1930s through the 1950s to the present. Near the Opera House , and emanating from Grand Circus along the east necklace are other venues including the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts and the Gem Theatre and Century Club . The historic Harmonie Club and Harmonie Centre are located along Broadway. The Harmonie Park area ends near Gratiot and Randolph. The Detroit Athletic Club stands in view of center field at Comerica Park . Part of
154-530: The Park Avenue Hotel at some point. It is the oldest hotel in the downtown Detroit area, and operated continuously as a hotel until its conversion to a high-rise residential building. In 1967 Wilbur Harrington purchased the hotel from Katz and renamed it Park Avenue House. In 1990 Wilbur transferred ownership to his son, Sean Harrington, who continues to operate it. The Royal Palm is a thirteen-story brick and masonry hotel with Italian Renaissance details. It
176-743: The Park Avenue House ) are separately listed on the National Register. Two additional buildings on either side of Park Avenue at West Adams (the Park Avenue Building and the Kales Building ), are located within the Grand Circus Park Historic District , and thus not included in this district. Grand Circus Park Historic District The Grand Circus Park Historic District contains the 5-acre (2.0 ha) Grand Circus Park in Downtown Detroit , Michigan that connects
198-527: The theatre district with its financial district . It is bisected by Woodward Avenue, four blocks north of Campus Martius Park , and is roughly bounded by Clifford, John R. and Adams Streets. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The building at 25 West Elizabeth Street was added to the district in 2000, and additional structures located within the district, but built between 1932 and 1960, were approved for inclusion in 2012. A part of Augustus Woodward 's plan to rebuild
220-527: The 2000s. The Iodent Building has been redeveloped into lofts, the Colony Club has been refurbished, and two new entertainment venues, Cliff Bell's and the Park Bar, have opened. The district was listed on the state register of historic places in 1996, and on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. The Park Avenue Historic District contains thirteen buildings. Two of these (the Women's City Club and
242-484: The East. On November 12, 2007, Quicken Loans announced its development agreement with the city to move its headquarters to downtown Detroit, consolidating about 4,000 of its suburban employees in a move considered to be a high importance to city planners to reestablish the historic downtown. The construction sites reserved for development under the agreement include the location of the former Statler on Grand Circus Park and
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#1732895433636264-553: The Memorial. In 1957, the City of Detroit constructed a parking garage under the two halves of the park. The eastern portion houses space for 250 cars and the western portion accommodates 540. The half-moon shaped park is divided down its center by Woodward Avenue , the city's main thoroughfare. The Alger Fountain anchors the eastern half and is capped on its north western edge with a statue of mayor William Cotter Maybury . Its western half
286-689: The Park Avenue Association was formed. They planned the street to concentrate high-grade commercial and office space at the south end, and prestigious residential development at the north end. As the district developed, Detroiters consciously perceived it as their city's version of New York City's Fifth Avenue . Also on Park Avenue was Women's City Club and the Detroit chapter of the Colony Club , both critical in providing women with social and work activities and supporting women's suffrage. The area
308-506: The Royal Palm contained 180 rooms with baths, a restaurant, and five retail spaces on the first floor. However, Tuller overextended himself financially, and in 1928 lost all three Park Avenue hotels in foreclosure. The Royal Palm and the Eddystone were purchased by David P. Katz. Katz owned the building until 1966, when his business empire collapsed. The Royal Palm, confusingly, took the name of
330-446: The city after the fire of 1805 , the city established the park in 1850. Woodward's original plan called for the park to be a full circle, but after construction began, property owners north of Adams Street were reluctant to sell due to rising land values. The Detroit Opera House overlooks the eastern edge of the park and the grounds include statuary and large fountains. Near this historic site, General George Armstrong Custer delivered
352-436: The city increased the pressure for office space, and development began to spill north from Grand Circus Park up Park Avenue. In 1922, Albert Kahn designed the Park Avenue Building , located at the entrance to Park Avenue (but included in the neighboring Grand Circus Park Historic District ). Other architects and artisans contributed hotels, apartment buildings, and office buildings to the structures on Park Avenue. In 1923,
374-526: The first, second, fourth, eleventh and twelfth floors. The main entrance in through an arched doorway, with rusticated pilasters surmounted by a Doric frieze. Directly above the doorway the central windows are flanked by two feminine termini; on the third floor is a balustraded window balconet. The building features unusual packeted bay windows. On the interior, the small entry vestibule has marble walls and shell patterned iron grates. A groin vaulted hallway with wall-mounted medieval iron lighting fixtures leads to
396-417: The former Hudson's location. (The western edge of the park was formerly home to the now demolished Statler and Tuller hotels). Grand Circus is serviced by a People Mover station . The Detroit Opera House is located at Broadway and Grand Circus. The east necklace of downtown links Grand Circus and the stadium area to Greektown along Broadway. The east necklace contains a sub-district sometimes called
418-478: The main lobby. The lobby has oak wainscoting and an oak reception counter in one corner. The hallway also leads to two commercial spaces, modified and enlarged from the original five commercial spaces. On the upper floors, the original floor plan had 15 single rooms on each floor. Some units have been connected to create larger spaces, decreasing the number of apartments to 13 per floor. Park Avenue Historic District (Detroit) The Park Avenue Historic District
440-524: The other two are the Eddystone at 100 Sproat St. and the Park Avenue Hotel at 2643 Park Avenue (demolished in 2015). All three are on the National Register of Historic Places . The Royal Palm was designed by Louis Kamper and built in 1924 for Lew Tuller. Tuller had erected the Hotel Tuller in 1907, and the success of that enterprise led him to build the three Park Avenue hotels in 1924. When constructed,
462-497: Was returned to his original site while Maybury was placed at the north boundary of the park with his back to his foe. In the 1990s, both statues moved once again to their current locations. Among the notable buildings encircling the park are the David Broderick Tower and David Whitney Building on the south, Kales Building , and Central United Methodist Church on the north, and Comerica Park and Detroit Opera House on
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#1732895433636484-643: Was used decreasingly during the Great Depression , but saw a resurgence after World War II , with a mix of social groups and multiple restaurant and entertainment venues. At the same time, an industrial character was added to the district when the Iodent Chemical Company began manufacturing toothpaste in a building along Park Avenue. The proximity of the Fox Theatre and other nearby venues (including Comerica Park ) has led to increased redevelopment in
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