The Whitney restaurant celebrates 131 years as a mansion with a special dinner

The Whitney restaurant celebrates the mansion long-standing presence on Woodward Avenue in Midtwon.A special dinner offered Sunday through Friday in May honors the Whitney mansions 131 years.It was 131 years ago that one of Detroit’s landmark mansions, the Whitney on Woodward Avenue, built for a lumber baron and his family, came to be.
In honor of its long-standing presence and preservation on Woodward Avenue in Midtown Detroit, and as a fine dining restaurant for decades, the Whitney is celebrating those 131 years.
Throughout May, the restaurant will offer a swanky steak and seafood dinner for two, priced at $131, exclusive of tax and gratuity. The dinner, available Sunday-Friday, also celebrates National Preservation Month with a portion of the dinner cost earmarked for preservation projects. Its projects aim to keep the Whitney’s historic mansion beatuty, charm and opulence. 

The mansion, completed in 1894, cost $400,000 at the time and is one of Detroit’s most ornate and stately mansions, with a long history.