Hotel New Netherland

Hotel New Netherland
Hotel New Netherland
	Hotel Netherland (ca. 1912)
General information
Status	Demolished
Location	Сorner ofFifth Avenueand59th Street
Opening	1892–1893
Demolished	1927
Owner	William Waldorf Astor
Height	234 feet (71 m)
Technical details
Floor count	17
Design and construction
Architect(s)	William H. Hume

Hotel New Netherland(laterHotel Netherland) was located at the northeast corner ofFifth Avenueand59th Street,inManhattan,New York City,New York,in what is now theUpper East Side Historic District.It contained theSherry'srestaurant from 1919 until its demolition in 1927.

History[edit]

Built in 1892-93 to a design byWilliam H. HumeforWilliam Waldorf Astor,its original lessee wasFerdinand P. Earle.^[1]The structure was 234 feet (71 m) in height with 17 stories, making it the "tallest hotel structure in the world". The structure was among the firststeel-framed buildingsin the city and it enjoyed a reputation for being a very fashionable hotel and location in its day. It was classified as a luxury hotel, rather than one with apartment accommodations as it provided permanent accommodations to its residents, albeit without kitchens.^[2]Meals were served in the hotel's dining room, theLouis Sherryrestaurant. Renamed the Hotel Netherland in 1908, the neo-Romanesque structure was razed in 1927, replaced by theSherry Netherland Hotel.^[3]

References[edit]

^West Publishing Company (1896).New York Supplement(Public domain ed.). West Publishing Company. pp. 1038–.
^Blake, Angela M. (September 30, 2009).How New York Became American, 1890–1924.JHU Press. pp. 49–.ISBN 978-0-8018-8874-8.
^Landau, Sarah; Condit, Carl W. (1996).Rise of the New York Skyscraper, 1865–1913.New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. p. 340.ISBN 978-0-300-07739-1.OCLC 32819286.

40°45′52″N73°58′21″W/ 40.764421°N 73.972625°W/40.764421; -73.972625

External links[edit]

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[1] West Publishing Company (1896).New York Supplement(Public domain ed.). West Publishing Company. pp. 1038–.

[Blake2009-2] Blake, Angela M. (September 30, 2009).How New York Became American, 1890–1924.JHU Press. pp. 49–.ISBN 978-0-8018-8874-8.

[LandauCondit1999-3] Landau, Sarah; Condit, Carl W. (1996).Rise of the New York Skyscraper, 1865–1913.New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. p. 340.ISBN 978-0-300-07739-1.OCLC 32819286.

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