The Madison Lenox Hotel sits in fabulous decay on Detroit's once elegant and now reviving Madison Avenue. Its bluntly bricked arched entrance suggests that it might be restored in spite of severe damage sustained by neglect and from "grave robbers" who have made off with  some of its carved masonry.

The Madison Lenox Hotel is where the Nosferatu meet those in the World Above. The Primogen is known to carry out it's business here as well.

The Sewers is known to be the domain of the Nosferatu and said to have an extensive if impressive Warren in its mist. The World Above is unaware if this is true or not as the Nosferatu do not invite many down into their Underworld.

History

Completed in 1901, the Madison Hotel was a high-class residential and semi-transient hotel. It was advertised as a high-class apartment building with features including an elevator man, cafe, and variety of suites. Designed by A.C. Varney, the building was red brick with arched entries, quoins at the corners and a rusticated base.

The Lenox was added in 1904 along with a restaurant situated between the two towers. The Lenox shared massing and some stylistic features with the earlier Madison but was more elaborate with an ornate carved stone entry. The two buildings were connected and operated as the Hotels Madison-Lenox.

Like its competition, the Madison-Lenox was renovated in 1955 with a sleek modern look. The interior was given a white, black, red, and gold color scheme featuring limed oak pillars. The entrances were treated with smooth marble with aluminum doors. Despite the effort the building attracted low income tenants throughout the 1960s and gradually the building declined. The hotel closed for good in 1993.

Vandals descended on the hotel and over time much of the scrap metal and windows were removed. The building deteriorated rapidly and by 2003 the city was prepared to provide its owner, Mike Ilitch with a $700,000 loan to replace it with a landscaped parking lot.

Preservationists rallied to the hotel's cause. Groups like the Friends of the Book-Cadillac and Preservation Wayne were able to successfully ward off demolition for several years. In 2004 the hotel was included in the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 11 Most Endangered list.  Madison-Lenox Hotel was saved from demolition in 2005.  (This was included for the oWoD Chat of Detroit)