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Merchants' Hotel
| Name | Merchants' Hotel |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | Cortlandt Street 39+41 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Hotel |
| Anmerkungen | Eigentümer: H. E. Billings |
| Quellenangaben | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 209] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1839 |
Gründung |
| 1878 |
William G. Schenck zieht sich zurück, und das Hotel geht in die Hände von H. E. Billings über. |
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Kommentar |
| Hotelbetrieb |
1884 |
[New Yorks great ind. (1884)] |
1884 |
[New Yorks great ind. (1884)] |
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| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Firmendarstellung |
| TEXT | One of the landmarks of New York City and the only down-town hotel which has escaped the march of " improvements" is the old time-honored Merchants', which is located at Nos. 39 and 41 Cortlandt Street. In by-gone days it was one of America's palatial hotel-edifices, and although statelier buildings have grown up around it, and the great hotels are located up-town, the Merchants' still holds its own against the advances of style and the revolution in hotel-building. There are over one hundred and fifty hotels of large and average proportions in the city, about twenty of which are termed first class in their appointments and accommodations. Each has its history, and each bas its particular clientele. The Merchants' takes precedence over all others from the fact that it has been identified with the growth and development of our city. Its rooms have held some of our most noted statesmen and characters whose names adorn the pages of American history. Merchant-princes, political kings, and honored guests from every clime have partaken of its hospitality. It was away back in 1839 that the house was opened by Charles Wyckoff. He conducted it for many years, and was succeeded by Mr, Muirhead, who in turn was succeeded by Mr. Clarke and William G. Schenck. The latter gentleman retired six years ago. when the house passed into the hands of its present popular proprietor, Mr. H. E. Billings, whose lifetime has been spent in the management of hotels. He in one of the most popular Bonifaces in New York, and is one of the pleasantest gentlemen a tired and hungry guest could wish to meet. His mild and unostentatious manner has won for him many warm personal friends. The Merchants' is ore of New York's best-patronized hotels. Everything beneath its hospitable roof betokens substantial comfort. The one hundred rooms are of the good old-fashioned kind, large and handsomely furnished. The dining, reading, smoking, and reception rooms ara marvels of neatness and comfort. In fact the whola house is a delightful old-time establishment. Mr. Reuben Fritz, a handsome, genial gentleman, is head clerk, and discharges his duties in a thoroughly satisfactory manner. The Merchants', with its popular proprietor, is destined to hold a leading position in hotel circles for many a year to come. |
| QUELLE | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 209] |
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