Step inside Hotel Du Pont, a historic Italian Renaissance hotel that looks straight out of the Gilded Age

The Gold Ballroom at Hotel Du Pont.

For more than a century, Hotel Du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware, has served as a hub for business leaders, an opulent event venue, and a luxury hotel that stands as a destination in its own right.Built in 1913 as part of the Du Pont Company's headquarters, the hotel was designed to impress executives and industrialists flocking to Delaware as the state's corporate influence grew. In true Gilded Age fashion, artisans flown in from Europe helped outfit the rooms with Italian Renaissance Revival craftsmanship rivaling royal palaces.Their work remains well-preserved. Today, guests at Hotel Du Pont can walk across its original marble mosaic floors, dine at its historic French brasserie, and view pieces of the hotel's 113-year history on display in its grand lobby.Tom Santora, Hotel Du Pont's historian-in-residence who has been with the hotel for 45 years, showed Business Insider around its opulent spaces in May.Take a look inside.

Built in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, Hotel Du Pont has remained a fixture of downtown Wilmington for more than a century.

A historic image of Hotel Du Pont.

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