COLLECTION NAME:
Historic Photograph Collection
Record
Filename:
P-269.jpg
Identifier:
P-269
Title:
Detroit Hotel Fire Damage
Subject:
Disasters
Description:
The remains of the Detroit Hotel after a devastating fire on February 22, 1927. After the Rochester Pavilion Hotel burned down in 1877, this site sat vacate for nearly 10 years. In 1888, R.O. Smith built this two-story brick hotel, called the Sidney House. In 1895, William Bowman renamed the business the Detroit Hotel, which it remained until it was destroyed by fire in 1927.
Date:
22-Feb-1927
Type:
Photo/slide
Place:
Rochester, Michigan
Street:
235 South Main Street
Data Provider:
Rochester Hills Public Library
Detroit Hotel Fire Damage
