In 1822, Duke Wilhelm zu Nassau commissioned the court architect Friedrich Ludwig Schrumpf to build a hunting lodge on the Platte.

The significance of the hunting lodge lies in its austere design as a closed cube, whose angularity is only sparingly interrupted by ornamental decoration in the roof cornice and column capitals and represents an important example of early classicism. This is underlined by the geometric floor plan. The rooms are grouped around the round staircase, which connects all three floors as a central domed space and features eight Ionic columns on the second floor as a dominant feature. In the middle of the flat tent roof was a viewing platform, a "belvedere", which opened up the view of the landscape. The hunting lodge had a total of 54 rooms. The layout of the first floor and the bel étage was strictly symmetrical. At ground level were the official rooms and the dining room, the most beautiful room in the hunting lodge. Its furnishings - including walls clad in Villmar marble - towered over all the other rooms. The Beletage was occupied by the Duke on the west side and the Duchess on the east side. The top floor was generally more modestly furnished than the Beletage. The furnishings of the palace emphasized its character as a hunting lodge through the use of hunting trophies and the decoration with hunting paintings. Famous guests such as Bismarck and Emperor Napoleon III stayed at the hunting lodge, which, together with the stables and the adjoining game park, remained the property of the House of Nassau after 1866.

It was not until 1913 that the estate with 25 acres of farmland and 50 acres of woodland was sold to the city of Wiesbaden for 400,000 marks. After being destroyed by an aerial bomb in the Second World War, it was rebuilt in 1989 on the initiative of the Platte Hunting Lodge Foundation. In 2003, a glass canopy was placed on top of the building, and by 2007 the staircase had also been restored. The renovation work was completed in 2010. Today, Platte Hunting Lodge serves as a venue for events.