Murray Hill Hotel, Park Avenue, west side between 40th and 41st Streets, 1918. The Murray Hill Hotel; Built: 1884; Razed: 1947; Architect: Stephen D. Hatch. Owner Hugh Smith developed the 600 room hotel just blocks from Grand Central Terminal on a site which previously housed stables for the Madison Ave. stagecoach lines. The enormous red brick building was arranged around two courtyards. The main entrance was a colonnaded portico above which the building rose to a gable. It was demolished in 1947 to make way for an office building at 100 Park Avenue.
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Local Subjects
Murray Hill Hotel (New York, N.Y.)
Park Avenue (New York, N.Y.)
Hotels
Colonnades
Gables
Bow windows
Brickwork (Masonry)
Murray Hill Neighborhood (New York, N.Y.)
Note
1884
1947
Smith, Hugh.
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