The Eddystone Building is a former hotel located in Detroit, Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

 at 100-118 Sproat Street. It was listed on the 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...

 in 2006.

Significance

The Eddystone is one of three hotels on Park Avenue designed by Louis Kamper

Louis Kamper

Louis Kamper was an American architect, active in and aroundDetroit and Wayne County, Michigan, in the United States.-Project range:...

  for Lew Tuller; the other two are the Royal Palm at 2305 Park Avenue and the Park Avenue Hotel

Park Avenue Hotel

The Park Avenue Building is a 12-story beaux-arts high-rise located in downtown Detroit, Michigan at 2001-2017 Park Avenue.- External links :*...

 at 2643 Park Avenue (across Sproat from the Eddystone). All three are on the 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...

.

Current use

In 2005, plans to convert the Eddystone into 60 condominiums with street-level retail space were announced by Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm.
In August of 2010, work was being carried out on the site to secure the lower floors of the building by bricking up the windows.

External links

• Hotel Eddystone at Detroit1701.org
• The Eddystone Hotel at Detroiturbex.com.