Grand Hotel (New York City)

The Grand Hotel is located at 1232–1238 Broadway at the corner of West 31st Street in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

Grand Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New York City Landmark No. 1041
The Grand Hotel in 2012
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Location	1232–1238 Broadway Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates	40°44′50″N 73°59′17″W
Built	1868
Architect	Henry Engelbert
Architectural style	Second Empire
NRHP reference No.	83001725[1]
NYCL No.	1041
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 15, 1983
Designated NYCL	September 11, 1979

The hotel (left) in 1910. At right is Wallack's Theatre

History

It was built in 1868 and was designed by Henry Engelbert in the Second Empire style. Englebert designed the hotel for Elias S. Higgins, a prosperous carpet manufacturer and merchant.

At the time the Grand Hotel was built, the area of Broadway between Madison Square and Herald Square was the premier entertainment district in the city, teeming with theatres, restaurants and hotels. The sleazier establishments on the side streets soon gave the district a new name, the "Tenderloin". When the theatre district moved uptown again, the area became part of the Garment District, and the Grand Hotel became a cut-rate residential hotel.^[2][3][4]

Oscar Wilde is known to have stayed at the hotel at least twice during 1882. ^[5]

The building was designated a New York City Landmark in 1979,^[3] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets
• List of former hotels in Manhattan
• List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets

References

Notes

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Dillon, James T. "Grand Hotel Designation Report" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine New York Landmarks Preservation Commission (September 11, 1979)
3. New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1.
4. White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 264. ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.
5. Cooper, John "Anything to Declare?"

External links

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