Webster Hotel
Appearance
Webster Hotel | |
![]() The Midtown Executive Club in 2008. | |
Location | 40 West 45th Street,New York, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°45′21″N73°58′52.7″W/ 40.75583°N 73.981306°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1902 |
Architect | Tracy & Swartwout |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP referenceNo. | 84002806[1] |
NYSRHPNo. | 06101.001789 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | September 7, 1984 |
Designated NYSRHP | August 3, 1984 |
TheWebster Hotelis located inNew York City.The building was built in 1902 and was added to theNational Register of Historic Placeson September 7, 1984. It was designed by the architectural firm ofTracy and Swartwout,and built in theClassical Revivalstyle.
It functions today as The Midtown Executive Club, it is also marketed as a hotel to the general public under the name Club Quarters, Midtown.
Famous visitors
[edit]ColombiannovelistGabriel García Márquezstayed with his family in the Webster Hotel during a period when he moved fromHavanato New York City to work forCubanpress agencyPrensa Latina.[2]
The hotel was the first marital home ofFranklin D. Rooseveltand his wifeEleanorwhile he attendedColumbia Law School.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"National Register Information System".National Register of Historic Places.National Park Service.March 13, 2009.
- ^Elie, Paul (December 9, 2015)."The Secret History ofOne Hundred Years of Solitude".Vanity Fair.
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Categories:
- Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan
- Neoclassical architecture in New York City
- Hotel buildings completed in 1902
- Hotels in Manhattan
- Midtown Manhattan
- New York State Register of Historic Places in New York County
- Manhattan Registered Historic Place stubs
- Manhattan building and structure stubs