Hotel St. Germain - 1860s
The old Hotel St. Germain (center), located at the intersection of Broadway and Fifth Avenue at 22nd Street, looking north from Broadway. Photograph, taken about the 1860s or 1870s, by J. Ward & Son, looking glasses, picture frames, photographs, stereoscopes and views, 125 Washington St., Boston.
The old Hotel St. Germain opened in February 1856. In 1880, it was renovated, expanded and renamed Cumberland House. The ground floor housed some stores and the Madison Square Post office (opened in 1856). The commercial buildings that complement the northern part of the block, known as "flat-iron", have replaced the hotel's former garden. The hotel was demolished in 1901 to make way for the Flatiron Building, completed in 1902.
The Fifth Avenue Hotel, opened in 1859, is seen in the distance at 23rd Street. It was demolished in 1908.
On the left stands the Bryant, Stratton & Packard's Business College at 937 Broadway and 161 Fifth Avenue, on the southwest corner of 22nd Street. It was one of the earliest buildings in the area constructed solely for commercial use. The College was established in 1858 and by 1863 the it moved the this building, which still stands today. In 1867, Silas Sadler Packard (1826-1898) purchased the Bryant and Stratton interest in the College, and changed its name to Packard's Business College. In 1870, it moved to 805 Broadway.
Hotel St. Germain - 1860s
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