The Statler, flanked by the David Whitney Building, left, and rival the Hotel Tuller.
Photo from Burton Historical Collection.
This shot from 1914 gives a close-up of the Statler, far left.
Photo from the Burton Historical Collection.
The Statler in 1915, the year it opened.
Photo from the Burton Historical Collection.
The Statler in 1915, the year it opened.
Photo from the Burton Historical Collection.
The Statler as seen from Grand Circus Park in 1915, the year it opened.
Photo from the Burton Historical Collection.
The Statler was the behemoth on Grand Circus Park for several decades.
Photo from the Burton Historical Collection.
The Statler surrounded by the David Whitney Building, left, and the Hotel Tuller in 1920.
Photo from the Burton Historical Collection.
The Hotel Statler, left, and rival the Hotel Tuller. Looking down Bagley, the United Artists and Michigan theaters can be seen.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
The Statler's ballroom
The Statler's dining room
The Statler's lobby
The Statler's lobby
The old Greyhound station (and Cunningham's drugstore) with the Statler in the background, about 1960.
Photo from the Detroit News archives.
Washington Boulevard bustles in the late 1920s with the Statler in the left in the distance.
Photo from the Detroit News archives.
The Edison Memorial Fountain with the Statler Hotel in the background about 1942.
Photo from the Detroit News archives.
The Statler Hotel in the distance as the Book Building rises at middle left. The Cadillac Hotel is at right.
Photo from the Detroit News archives.
An elderly couple sit in Grand Circus Park, with the Statler in the background, in 1958.
Photo from the Detroit News archives
The Statler, from left, with the David Whitney Building and the Broderick Tower
Photo from the Detroit News archives.