Hotel Manhattan

Demolished hotel in Manhattan, New York

Hotel Manhattan
Hotel Manhattan (1897)

General information
Architectural style	Baroque Revival architecture
Construction started	1895
Opened	1896
Demolished	1961
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Henry Janeway Hardenbergh

Hotel Manhattan (also known as Manhattan Hotel) was a "railroad hotel" on the northwest corner of Madison Avenue and 42nd Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York.

History

Built in 1895–1896, it was to an 1893 design by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh.^[1]^[2] Standing at 250 feet (76 m), it at one time held the record as "tallest hotel structure in the world".^[3] Architectural features included three levels of dormers and a chateuesque roof.^[3] It was razed in 1961 to make way for an office tower.^[4] Built by Marc Eidlitz & Son, there were 16.5 stories, with 14 stories above the street level. The electrical contractor was C. L. Eidlitz. The fixtures, to a design by Hardenbergh, were manufactured by the Archer Pancoast Company. The hotel was opened under the proprietorship of Hawk & Wetherbee.^[5]

In September 1957, the unrelated Hotel Lincoln at 700 Eighth Avenue was remodeled and renamed as the Manhattan Hotel. In 1958, an enormous, illuminated letter "M"—31 feet (9.4 m) feet wide and 12 feet (3.7 m) deep—was added to the roof of the former Hotel Lincoln.

Architecture and fittings

The first floor featured the ladies' dining-room, which measured approximately 2,000 square feet (190 m²), and had six chandeliers. The main foyer, measuring approximately 2,250 square feet (209 m²), had a 16 feet (4.9 m) high ceiling. The main restaurant, measuring approximately 3,500 square feet (330 m²) had a ceiling 20 feet (6.1 m) high. The rotunda, also with a 20 feet (6.1 m) high ceiling, had 3,000 square feet (280 m²) of space and seven chandeliers.^[5]

References

^ Indiana. Department of Geology and Natural Resources (1897). Report (Public domain ed.). W.B. Burford, state printer. p. 423.
^ Morehouse, Ward (2001). Inside the Plaza: An Intimate Portrait of the Ultimate Hotel. Applause Books. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-1-55783-468-3.
^ ^a ^b Landau, Sarah; Condit, Carl W. (1996). Rise of the New York Skyscraper, 1865–1913. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. p. 34–. ISBN 978-0-300-07739-1. OCLC 32819286.
^ "The Manhattan Hotel". beyondthegildedage.com. November 17, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Electrical World (1897). Electrical World (Public domain ed.). McGraw-Hill. pp. 55–.

External links

Media related to Hotel Manhattan at Wikimedia Commons

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East of
5th Av

Former

Grand Central Palace
Hotel Marguery
Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont House
Sherwood Studio Building
St. Nicholas Collegiate Reformed Protestant Dutch Church
Studebaker Building
Temple Emanu-El
Union Carbide Building
Vanderbilt Triple Palace
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West Presbyterian Church

Theaters

Broadway theaters	Ambassador August Wilson Belasco Bernard B. Jacobs Booth Broadhurst Broadway Circle in the Square Ethel Barrymore Eugene O'Neill Gerald Schoenfeld Gershwin Hayes Hudson Imperial James Earl Jones John Golden Lena Horne Longacre Lunt-Fontanne Lyceum Lyric Majestic Marquis Minskoff Music Box Neil Simon Palace Richard Rodgers St. James Samuel J. Friedman Shubert Stephen Sondheim Studio 54 Todd Haimes Walter Kerr Winter Garden
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Hotels

Current

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DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Metropolitan New York City
Hotel Carter
Hotel Claridge
Hotel Manhattan
Hotel Metropole
New York Biltmore Hotel
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Omni Berkshire Place
Pabst Hotel
Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Roosevelt Hotel
Savoy-Plaza Hotel
Times Square Hotel
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Windsor Hotel

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