Title
Princeton Club, 1930
Creators and Contributors
Description
Princeton Club, Park Avenue at E. 39th Street, 1930. View up Park Avenue from E. 39th Street with the Princeton Club (center), the Murray Hill Hotel (behind), and Grand Central Terminal (background). The Princeton Club bought the home of Frederick Jennings in 1922 and greatly renovated the site under architect Aymar Embury II. 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. It was demolished in 1947 to make way for an office building at 100 Park Avenue.
Date Created
1930
Type of Resource
Photograph
Additional Information
General note:
Digitized by Mina Rees Library; City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center.
Extent:
1 photographic reproduction ; 15.6 x 23.7 cm.- Princeton Club of New York
- Murray Hill Hotel (New York, N.Y.)
- Grand Central Terminal (New York, N.Y.)
- Park Avenue (New York, N.Y.)
- Street life
- Clubhouses
- Hotels
- Murray Hill Neighborhood (New York, N.Y.)
