Detroit ยท Financial District
Detroit Foundation Hotel
Hans Gehrke's 1929 Detroit Fire Department headquarters, its arched engine-bay doors intact, on a site the department used from about 1840; 100 rooms.
- Built
- 1929Built 1929 as the Detroit Fire Department Headquarters (Detroit Financial District nomination).
- Style
- Neoclassical (brick and terra cotta)
- Architect
- Hans Gehrke
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Rooms
- 100
- Area
- Financial District
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district
The story
The five-story Neoclassical fire headquarters, designed by Hans Gehrke and completed in 1929, stands on a site used by Detroit’s fire department continuously since about 1840. Its arched engine-bay portals and a DFD shield flanked by angels survive on the Larned Street front. The building is now a 100-room hotel.
Good to know
- Parking: on-site paid
- Pets welcome
- Address: 250 W. Larned Street, Detroit, MI 48226
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.