Webster Hotel Explained

Webster Hotel
Location:40 West 45th Street, New York, New York
Coordinates:40.7558°N -73.9813°W
Built:1902
Architect:Tracy & Swartwout
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:September 7, 1984
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:84002806
Designated Other1:New York State Register of Historic Places
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Designated Other1 Number:06101.001789
Designated Other1 Abbr:NYSRHP
Designated Other1 Date:August 3, 1984

The Webster Hotel is located in New York City. The building was built in 1902 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 7, 1984. It was designed by the architectural firm of Tracy and Swartwout, and built in the Classical Revival style.

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

Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez stayed with his family in the Webster Hotel during a period when he moved from Havana to New York City to work for Cuban press agency Prensa Latina.[1]

The hotel was the first marital home of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor while he attended Columbia Law School.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Secret History of One Hundred Years of Solitude. Elie. Paul. 9 December 2015. Vanity Fair.