Howard Hotel (New York City) Explained
| Howard Hotel |
| Location: | 176 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City |
| Coordinates: | 40.7099°N -74.0096°W |
| Opened Date: | 1840 |
| Demolition Date: | 1864 |
The Howard Hotel, also referred to as Howard's Hotel or the Howard House, was a well-known New York City hotel in the mid-19th century, located in Lower Manhattan at the corner of Broadway and Maiden Lane (176 Broadway).[1] [2] [3]
History
The six-story hotel (161 feet in front and 130 feet deep, with a dining room of 160 by 30 feet) opened in March 1840.[4] Hoteliers Daniel D. Howard and John P. Howard were its early proprietors.[5] They were sons of John Howard, who long operated a hotel in Burlington, Vermont.[6] By the late 1850s, J.E. Kingsley and Ainslee had taken over as proprietors.[7]
U.S. President John Tyler stayed at the hotel on the night of June 25, 1842, the day before his marriage to Julia Gardiner Tyler.[8] The hotel owners locked up the servants to prevent press leaks, so the wedding took the world by surprise.[9]
Later African-American politician Tunis Campbell was the principal waiter at the hotel for some time (at least from 1842-45), and later wrote a well-regarded 1848 guide to hotel management.[10]
The hotel was among those which the "Confederate Army of Manhattan" attempted to burn down in November 1864.[11]
Demise
The building was converted into offices in 1868.[12] [13]
The location of the hotel is now occupied by the Cushman Building (1898) designed by C. P. H. Gilbert on the corner,[14] [15] and the building adjoining it to the north on Broadway.
External links
Notes and References
- Brown, Henry Collins. Glimpses of Old New-York, p. 166 (1917)
- https://books.google.com/books?id=3x89AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA127 Appletons' New and Complete United States Guide Book for Travelers
- (5 January 1921). Recollections of Maiden Lane and the Jewelry Business Sixty Years Ago, The Jewelers' Circular, p. 77
- https://books.google.com/books?id=vaU-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA104 The Great Metropolis, Or Guide to New-York for 1846
- https://books.google.com/books?id=kjREAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA367 Longworth's American Almanac, New York Register, and City Directory
- https://books.google.com/books?id=K_wqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA255 Brother John Howard (obituary)
- https://books.google.com/books?id=ooFDAQAAMAAJ&dq=kingslee+%26+ainslee+%22howard+hotel%22&pg=PA1388 The Canada Directory for 1857-58
- Bunyan, Patrick. All Around the Town: Amazing Manhattan Facts and Curiosities 2d ed., p. 19 (2011)
- Whitcomb, John & Claire Whitcomb. Real Life at the White House, p. 91 (2000)
- Lynch, Matthew, ed. Before Obama: A Reappraisal of Black Reconstruction Era Politicians, Volume 1, p. 167 (2012)
- Hansen, Gretchen (21 October 2012). The 1864 Plot To Burn Down New York City, BBC America
- (21 March 1868). Real Estate Record and Builder's Guide, p. 3
- Mower, Henry S. Reminiscences of a Hotel Man of Forty Year's Service, pp. 35-60, 133, 147 (1912)
- (21 July 1897). Another Skyscraper Proposed for Maiden Lane, The Jeweler's Circular, p. 22
- Gray, Christopher (19 November 2000). Streetscapes /The Donac, at 402 West 20th Street; A Curved 1898 Tribute to a Major Chelsea Developer, The New York Times
