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Lelands' Sturtevant House
| Name | Lelands' Sturtevant House |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | Broadway |
| Art des Unternehmens | Hotel |
| Anmerkungen | Adresse um 1884: Broadway, 28th und 29th Streets; Eigentümer: Horace S. und Lewis Leland. |
| Quellenangaben | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 264] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 03.1871 |
Fertigstellung des Gebäudes |
| 1875 |
Charles E. Leland eröffnet das "Rossmore" |
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Kommentar |
| Hotelbetrieb |
1884 |
[New York's great industries (1884)] |
1884 |
[New York's great industries (1884)] |
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| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Firmendarstellung |
| TEXT | There is nothing which adds so much to the prestige and attractiveness of a city in the estimation of the travelling public, and those of the domestic population who prefer the comforts and excellencies of hotel life, as first-class accommodations in that respect. New York has long been noted for its magnificent hotels, and with justice, for they are nowhere else equalled, ttnd it is in the metropolis where we find the business elevated in its manifold perfections until it has attained the rank of a profession, requiring years of practical experience to become proficient in. Prominent among the representative hotels of the metropolis stands the celebrated "Sturtevant" House, which has had a career of usefulness and success that is vouchsafed to few such in-stitutions, and has been a true home to thousands of the travelling public and our wealthy citizens. The Sturtevant House is the most central hotel to all that part of the city in which is found the business houses, theatres, churches, and finest private residences, and is convenient of access by all lines of travel. It is eligibly situated, fronting one hundred and seventy-five feet upon Broadway, and bounded by 28th and 29th Streets, along which it extends one hundred and forty feet, the whole being one of the choicest locations in the city, and but a few steps from Fifth Avenue. It was erected by Messrs. A. P. & J. D. Sturtevaut, and finished in the month of March, 1871, being thrown open to the public by the popular lessees, Messrs. Lewis and Geo. S. Leland, with a grand reception, at which upwards of four hundred of the elite of society, the military and many public men, were present, and honored the occasion. It was an event in the social history of the city, for the house was elaborately decorated and furnished from its beautiful dining-hall, with its elaborate frescoing in the Pompeiian style, up to the luxurious suits of rooms wherein a family could reside as privately and cosily as in their own mansion. The hotel thus commenced business under the most favorable auspices, and has ever since maintained its standing and popularity, being to-day, if that were possible, a greater favorite with the public than ever before. The present proprietors are Messrs. Horace S. and Lewis Leland, gentlemen in whom run those same traits of character that have rendered the name "Leland" familiar and popular throughout the world. Under their energetic and painstaking regime, the interior has within the past few years been entirely remodelled and furnished in the most thorough and complete manner. It contains all the modern conveniences and arrangements so essential to a first-class metropolitan hotel. The office and dining-rooms are conveniently located on the first floor, elaborately decorated and ornamented in modern style, and are connected with each of the floors above by spacious and easy stairways and the most ap proved safety passenger elevators. The ladies and gentlemen's parlors, reception-rooms, etc., are all elegantly and richly furnished in exquisite taste, reflecting much credit upon the correct judgment manifested by the proprietors. There are three hundred rooms in the Sturtevant, all comfortable and handsome apartments, and in the 29th Street wing are a series of elegant apartments comprising several rooms en suite, and which are always full, the New York public vastly appreciating this delightful method of living. The halls and corridors throughout are spacious and convenient, while the rooms are complete in all their appointments, fixtures and upholstery. The Sturtevant's cuisine has ever been a gratifying feature; the proprietors purvey liberally and well, and the reputation the house has in this respect is so widespread that further comment upon our part would be superfluous. The Sturtevant is in every respect a first-class establishment, not excelled by any other hotel in the city, and equalled by but few, and under the able and judicious management of Messrs. Horace S. and Lewis Leland retains all its old-time popularity, and is the favorite stopping place of thousands. No little of the popularity of the house is due to the care and efficiency of the general manager, Mr. Charles E. Leland, who opened the Rossmore in this city in 1875, and was proprietor of the Delavan House at Albany for fifteen years, and also owned and managed the Clarendon Hotel, Saratoga, for some fifteen years. The reputation which these hotels attained under his management Mr. Leland has supplemented in his able management of the Sturtevant House. The clerks who alternate in charge of the office are Messrs. M. O. Roberts, G. T. Putney, Clark N. Scofield, and A. J. Tuthill. all practical, experienced hotel men, whose efforts to secure the comfort of the guests are duly appreciated. Considering the character of the accommodations offered, and the strictly first-class table, the Sturtevant's rates are unusually reasonable. The public can adopt either the American or European plan, and in either case will be made thoroughly comfortable and at home during their stay. The Messrs. Leland have been identified with the hotel business all their lives. Their wide range of experience and their notable energy and determination to ever maintain the highest standard of excellence and efficiency in any establishment of which they are proprietors are well illustrated in the successful history of the Sturtevant, and places them on record as among New York's most thoroughly popular and widely known and successful landlords. |
| QUELLE | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 264] |
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