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Clarendon Hotel
| Name | Clarendon Hotel |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | Fourth Avenue |
| Art des Unternehmens | Hotel |
| Anmerkungen | Lage um 1884: Fourth Avenue und 18th Street; Eigentümer: C. H. Kerner |
| Quellenangaben | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 282] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1851 |
Eröffnung |
| 1862 |
Tod von Geritt Kerner. C. H. Kerner wird sein Nachfolger. |
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| Hotelbetrieb |
1884 |
[New York's great industries (1884)] |
1884 |
[New York's great industries (1884)] |
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| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Firmendarstellung |
| TEXT | The city of New York has long been noted for the magnificence, comfort and excellent management of its hotels, which admittedly are superior in every way to those of any other centre of population in the United States, or for that matter in the world. Among the oldest established and one possessing the. very highest of reputations is the popular Clarendon Hotel, so eligibly and centrally located at Fourth Avenue and 18th Street. Situated as it is, almost abutting on Union Square and within a few steps of all the theatres, halls and clubs, the Clarendon has many recognized advantages as a place of residence for the leading prima donnas and artistes who visit the metropolis, while the nobility and gentry of the Old World here find those congenial surroundings and superior service which has made the Clarendon so justly celebrated all over Europe, the house being the favorite hostelry of foreign ministers and celebrities, as the Grand Duke Alexis, the Russian minister, Minister Thornton of England, Sir Frederick Evans, etc. It is quite as central and convenient to all the best and largest retail and wholesale stores, so that merchants and business men find it a very excellent slopping place, both they as well as tourists and strangers having formed a deservedly high opinion of the un surpassed perfection of its cuisine. The Clarendon was opened in 1851, soon after which Gerrit Kerner, father of present proprietor, took charge, and during the lengthy intervening period has ever maintained the highest stand ard of excellence. It is a very handsome five-story structure, having an elegant frontage on Fourth Avenue overlooking Union Park, while it extends along 18th Street for about one hundred and seventy-five feet. In 1862 the lamented decease of Mr. Kerner occurred, his death being deeply regretted by the hosts of warm friends who had either been the recipients of his bountiful hospitality or had met him in social and business circles. He was succeeded in the proprietorship by Mr. C. H. Kerner, his son, a gentleman who had manifested executive abilities of a high order, and had acquired a thorough practical acquaintance with the best methods in vogue in conducting a strictly first-class hotel. He has spared no pains or expense in managing his establishment on the highest plane of excellence, and has expended tens of thousands of dollars on valuable improvements, alterations and the decorations of his house, and it is kept in the most perfect order, all its chambers being admirably and comfortably furnished. Conducted upon the liberal American plan, the Clarendon has splendid accommodation for upwards of one hundred and forty guests, and many of whom are permanent residents here for extended periods. It is provided with a first-class passenger elevator to all floors, inclusive of every possible convenience. Its offices and chief reception rooms are artistically decorated, while its spacious dining hall on the 18th Street side is a splendid apartment, richly frescoed and decorated with mirrors, etc. The whole establishment is in keeping with the requirements of a strictly first-class netropolitan hotel, and the menu daily served here is proof positive of Mr. Kerner's ability and determination to excel contemporary houses in this as well as other features, which have made his concern a representative one with the public at large. Personally, Mr. Kerner is one of our most popular hotel proprietors, noted in commercial circle, for his honor and sterling integrity, and the line of policy he has always followed and still pursues ensures for the Clarendon a continuance of its brilliant an A successful career, prominent in the front rank of the best American Hotels. |
| QUELLE | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 282] |
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