Everything about The Astor House totally explained
The
Astor House was for a time the finest hotel in
New York City. It was built by
John Jacob Astor and opened in 1836 as the Park Hotel. It was located on
Broadway between Vesey and Barclay Streets, across from
New York City Hall and diagonally across from the
New York Herald. The building was designed by
Isaiah Rogers in a
Greek Revival style, 309 rooms in its 6 stories with gaslights and bathing/toilet facilities on each floor.
Mathew Brady lived there in the 1840s and
Abraham Lincoln stayed there in February 1860. It was a safe haven during the
Great Blizzard of '88 and in 1916,
Charles Evans Hughes stayed there while his presidential bid stood in the balance.
William James was born there in 1842.
By the early
1870s it was considered old-fashioned and unappealing and principally used by businessmen. It was demolished in 1926.
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