Hotel Detroit, St. Petersburg

Creator

Charles H. Stokes

Files

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Creation Date

1-1-1893

Time Period

circa 1893-1895

Abstract

An exterior view of Hotel Detroit.

Keywords

Hotels

Extent

1 black-and-white photograph

Geographic Location

Pinellas County (Fla.); St. Petersburg (Fla.)

Physical Collection

Stokes Collection of Florida Plant Railway Photographs

Box

2

Digital Date

2025

Media Type

Black-and-white photographs

Note

The Hotel Detroit was built in 1888 and was named after St. Petersburg co-founder John C. Williams' hometown of Detroit. Local lore has that Williams and his co-founder Peter Demens flipped a coin over who got to name the town after their

Identifier

S54-083

Recommended Citation

Stokes, Charles H., "Hotel Detroit, St. Petersburg" (1893). Stokes Collection of Florida Plant Railway Photographs. Image 97.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/stokes/97