Metropolitan Hotel

Description

Opened, Sept 1, 1852

The Metropolitan Hotel, stood at Broadway and Prince Street on land formerly occupied by Niblo's Garden. With a 300-foot brownstone facade, it featured luxury accommodations including steam-heated rooms and lavish imported furnishings. Managed by the Leland brothers, pioneers of American hotel chains, it operated on the "American plan" (meals included).

Demolished, 1895

The Civil War era brought financial hardship to the hotel’s proprietors, and it eventually closed.

Related People & Organizations

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Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York,The 100th Anniversary Banquet was held on December 1, 1856 at the Metropolitan Hotel and received considerable attention in the press. Ladies, typically not included in the annual dinners, were seated on a mezzanine overlooking the main floor.

Stephen Van Rensselaer III,Owner of the Metropolitan Hotel

Simeon Leland, The plan included three meals a day, which were managed by the Leland brothers, organizers of the first American hotel chain.

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The New York Crystal Palace Exhibition-The Metropolitan Hotel was built at a time of a "hotel boom" in response to the opening of the New York Crystal Palace exhibition of 1853.