Webster Hotel
Webster Hotel | |
The Midtown Executive Club in 2008. | |
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Location | 40 West 45th Street, New York, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°45′21″N 73°58′52.7″W / 40.75583°N 73.981306°WCoordinates: 40°45′21″N 73°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 Reference # | 84002806[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 7, 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.
It functions today as the 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.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/12/gabriel-garcia-marquez-one-hundred-years-of-solitude-history
External links
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