Adeline Detroit Wood Atkinson

Adeline Detroit "A. D." Atkinson (; July 30, 1841 – December 11, 1916) was an American hotelier.

Early life Adeline Detroit Wood was born on July 30, 1841, to Sarah Ann (née White) and William Wood in Bedford County, Virginia.

As her husband's health declined, they moved to Richmond. In 1884, she took over the struggling Saint James Hotel. By 1889, she became the proprietor of the American Hotel, which she renamed the Lexington in 1894.

As she was selling the Lexington, she purchased the Saint Clair Hotel, at the corner of Ninth and Grace Street in Richmond. She is buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.

Legacy Hotel Richmond was threatened to be demolished in 2005, but was placed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and National Register of Historic Places in 2009. It was restored in 2016.