Wilmington · Brandywine: Wilmington
Hotel du Pont
The DuPont Company's 1913 hotel in its Rodney Square headquarters, finished in Italian marble, Caen stone and oak paneling; 217 rooms today.
- Built
- 1913Opened in 1913 in the third addition to the DuPont Building (construction began 1906; first section finished 1907; further additions to 1937).
- Style
- Italian Renaissance
- Architect
- Frederick Godley, J. André Fouilhoux, Joel Barber and Raymond M. Hood (hotel design, per the NRHP nomination)
- Type
- Grand hotel
- Rooms
- 217
- Area
- Brandywine: Wilmington
- Credentials
- Historic Hotels of America member; Inside a National Register historic district
The story
The DuPont Company began its headquarters on Rodney Square, the DuPont Building, in 1906, and a 1913 addition opened the Hotel du Pont with 150 rooms alongside the DuPont Playhouse. The hotel’s design, by Frederick Godley, J. André Fouilhoux, Joel Barber and Raymond M. Hood, used Italian marble, Caen stone, mosaics, terrazzo and oak paneling, and the National Register nomination quotes the claim that it cost more per room than any other hotel in the world. In 2017 DuPont agreed to sell the hotel to Wilmington developer Buccini/Pollin Group, with its affiliate PM Hotel Group to run it. Today it has 217 rooms and is a Historic Hotels of America member.
Good to know
- Parking: on-site paid
- Pets welcome
- Address: 42 West 11th Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
Sources (3)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.