David Whitney Building

David Whitney Building is a Michigan historical marker in Detroit, Wayne County, dedicated 2016.

Wayne County · dedicated 2016 · 1 Park Avenue, Detroit

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Opened in 1915, this building was named for David Whitney, Jr. (1830-1900), a Detroit lumber, real estate and shipping magnate. During construction, the Detroit Free Press called it the “finest in the country.” Daniel H. Burnham and Company designed the structure with retail on the first four floors, including clothing stores and jewelers. A central four-story atrium allowed light into the interior of the upper-floor offices, most of which were medical. When the Whitney family sold the building in 1966, more than three hundred doctors and dentists had offices here. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Grand Circus Park Historic District in 1983. It reopened in 2014, rehabilitated for use as a hotel and apartments.

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