Webster Hotel

Webster Hotel
The Midtown Executive Club in 2008.
Location 40 West 45th Street, New York, New York
Coordinates 40°45′21″N 73°58′52.7″W / 40.75583°N 73.981306°W / 40.75583; -73.981306Coordinates: 40°45′21″N 73°58′52.7″W / 40.75583°N 73.981306°W / 40.75583; -73.981306
Area less than one acre
Built 1902
Architect Tracy & Swartwout
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP reference # 84002806[1]
Added to NRHP September 7, 1984

The Webster Hotel is located in New York City. The building was built in 1902 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 7, 1984. It was designed by the architectural firm of Tracy and Swartwout, and built in the Classical Revival style.

It functions today as The Midtown Executive Club, it is also marketed as a hotel to the general public under the name Club Quarters, Midtown.

Famous visitors

Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez stayed with his family in the Webster Hotel during a period when he moved from Havana to New York City to work for Cuban press agency Prensa Latina.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/12/gabriel-garcia-marquez-one-hundred-years-of-solitude-history


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