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Hoffman House
| Name | Hoffman House |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | Broadway |
| Art des Unternehmens | Hotel |
| Anmerkungen | Lage (um 1884): Broadway und Madison Square. Eigentümer: C. H. Read & Co. |
| Quellenangaben | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 304] |
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1884 |
[New York's great industries (1884)] |
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| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Firmendarstellung |
| TEXT | The Hoffman House under its able and enterprising management has grown to be the most influential, as it is universally recognized to he the most hospitable and luxurious, centre of resort in the metropolis of America. This is equally the case both us regards the best classes of the travelling public, as well as prominent members of New York society. The Hoffman is admittedly the best located hotel in the metropolis, situated as it is, directly facing the beautiful Madison Park, and at the juncture of the two greatest arteries of the city, representing the harmonious streams of fashion and trade. The building fronts one hundred feet upon Broadway, and is constructed of marble, six stories in height, forming the handsomest specimen of architecture in the quiet eleganoe and solidity of appearance to be found on Broadway. The structure is of great depth and height. The suites of rooms have no equal in the finest private mansions of the world for their exquisite elegance and beauty, as regards decorations. On the parlor floor is a suite of spacious rooms decorated in different national styles. There are the Moorish, Persian, Indian and Turkish rooms, each with its original distinctive features, and which have no counterpart in America. In this extension are also a number of luxurious private dining-rooms. The present proprietors, Messrs. C. H. Read and E. S. Stokes, are too widely and favorably known to require any special mention at our hands. Mr. C. H. Read has during the greater portion of his life been closely identified with the hotel business, and has acquired a standing second to none in the profession. He is a native of Burlington, Vermont, and has long been one of New York's most popular and enterprising citizens. Mr. E. S. Stokes is a native of this city, and is a gentleman of large means, good taste and culture, and of superior executive abilities. His able management of the Hoffman has elicited encomiums from all classes of the public. Mr. Stokes ever strives to excel, and to lead far in the van of any enterprise in which he is interested. and the Hoffman with its luxurious elegance, and, as seen in its cafe and bar, its unparalleled magnificence of decoration, is admittedly far ahead of any other establishment in the world and the peer of the finest private mansions known. The café and salon are marvels in their every feature and detail, the decorations laying tribute upon every sphere of the fine arts, regardless of expense, Mr. Stokes selecting the finest masterpieces of sculpture and painting, tapestries, and ornamentation to grace the Salon, which has justly become so famous the world over. The leading press of America and Europe have given extended descriptions of the luxurious appointments and magnificent attractions of the place, and it is recognized as one of the sights of the metropolis. |
| QUELLE | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 304] |
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