Stuart House on Broadway, Corner 41st Street, New York City

The 7-story Stuart House was located on the northeast corner of Broadway and West Forty-first Street (1456 Broadway) and existed before 1895, probably erected in 1891. Meyer L. Sire was the owner. Its façade was beautifully decorated.

On February 1, 1891, the New York Times announced a new hotel to be erected as soon as possible on the northeast corner of Broadway and 41st Street. The area was 63.3 feet by 113.4 feet. The property was transferred on January 30 from William S. Cooper to M.L. Sire, who had declared: "Not only have we [the firm of Sire Brothers] decided to erect a hotel on the northeast corner of Broadway and Forty-first Street, but arrangements are nearly completed concerning the conduct of it. We have received a proposition from Mr. W. Leland, a well-known man of Syracuse, N.Y., and we have considered it favorably. It is for a twenty years' lease, and papers are being drawn up now. Two prominent hotel man of New-York City have also made propositions concerning the property, but it is probable that Mr. Leland will get it. The work of reconstruction will begin at once if favorable terms can be made with the present tenants. If such terms cannot be made, we shall wait until May 1, when all the leases will expire. We have ample room for a fine hotel of 200 rooms, and we shall not spare money or pains in erecting it". The Sire Brothers also owned the property on the northwest corner of Broadway and 41st St. By 1900, Sire Brothers owned three Broadway theaters: the Casino, the Bijou and the New York.

On April 5, 1899, a fire threatened the Stuart House and the St. Cloud Hotel on the southeast corner of Broadway and Forty-second Street. The fire started in the one-story building, between the two hotels. The surrounding small buildings were destroyed and some rooms in the Stuart House were damaged, but the fire was controlled.

By June, 1900, Charles C. Wellman, the Stuart House proprietor, moved to The Wellman, a new hotel in Atlantic City.

By 1915, there were signs of "Hotel Aberdeen" on its façade. Before April, the same year, the old Stuart House was renamed Hotel Calvert. In January, 1920, the hotel was leased for long term to the Schulte Co. to begin on February 1, 1923.

In 1921, the Billboard magazine (April 16) announced that the Hotel Calvert would close on May 1, when the lease expired. The magazine wrote that "This hotel has been the home of the theatrical and carnival folks for the past fifteen years". A. Gerson was the manager of the hotel for the Markell Corporation. It became the Calvert Building for offices and stores. It was replace by the 16-story 8 Times Square commercial building, at 1460 Broadway, built in 1951.