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HOTEL NEW NETHERLAND

architect

William Hume

location

781 Fifth Avenue

date

1893 (replaced in 1927 by the Sherry Netherland Hotel tower).

style

Chateauesque Historicist Skyscrapers

construction

Steel frame, masonry cladding.

type

Hotel
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HOTEL NEW NETHERLAND


Designed by William Hume and completed in 1893, this neo-Romanesque reached seventeen stories and 234 feet and was claimed the "tallest hotel structure in the world." It was replaced in 1927 by the Sherry Netherland Hotel tower.

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