Freedom Enterprise, xi (Biltmore Hotel)

Identifier: DBB-ITM-02603
Source: Kendra D. Boyd, Freedom Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025). Pages: xi.
Source Type: Boyd Research Findings
Activity: hotel; restaurant
Principal: Biltmore Hotel and Cafe (Hotel Biltmore / Biltmore Cafe)
Mentions: Banks, Oliver H.; Jones, Theodore
Location: 1926 St Antoine St
Transcript: Biltmore Hotel. One of Detroit’s early Black-owned hotels, located at 1926 St. Antoine Street, near Beacon. It was established by O. H. Banks in the mid-1910s and was later operated by Theodore Jones. Also referred to as the Hotel Biltmore, it was in operation until at least 1944.
Title: Freedom Enterprise, xi (Biltmore Hotel)

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