Parke-Davis Research Laboratory
United States historic place in Detroit, Michigan. Added to the National Register in 1976, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Roberts Riverwalk Urban Resort Hotel, formerly the Parke-Davis Research Laboratory also once known as Building 55-Detroit Research, is a defunct luxury hotel on the Detroit International Riverfront in Detroit, Michigan. The former research facility was redeveloped as a boutique luxury hotel in the 1980s. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976 for its historic significance as an early research laboratory.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | Joseph Campau St. at Detroit River, Detroit, MI |
| County | Wayne County |
| Listed | May 11, 1976 |
| Reference number | 76001039 |
| Architect | Donaldson and Meier |
| Type of place | hotel |
| Style | Romanesque Revival architecture |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Joseph Campau St. at Detroit River, Detroit, MI |
| Website | detroitriverwalkhotel.com ↗ |
| Coordinates | 42.33690, -83.01441 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | River Raisin National Battlefield Park · 35 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 76001039. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.