Ameritania Hotel at Times Square, West 54th Street

The Ameritania Hotel, former Hotel Cumberland and Bryant Hotel, is a boutique hotel at 230 West 54th Street, southwest corner of Broadway, near Times Square. The hotel contains 219 guest rooms, housed in a 12-story Beaux-Arts building, completed in 1902. This pet-friendly hotel also includes fitness center, the Bar Ameritania, in the lobby level, and lounge.

A Cumberland House, originally Hotel St. Germain, existed on the Flatiron Building site. It opened in 1856 and was demolished in 1901 to make way for the Flatiron Building.

The Hotel Cumberland, at West 54th Street, was originally designed by architect Harry B. Mulliken (1872-1952) from the architectural firm of Mulliken & Moeller. Mulliken designed several buildings and hotels in New York City, including the Carlyle and Sterling, Bretton Hall, Hotel Lucerne and others. The Cumberland was built by the Construction Realty Company on the site 75 by 101 feet, bought in 1902 from Mary E. Coleman. It is clad in buff-colored brick with limestone detailing above a 3-story, white-painted limestone base. The upper floors have banded brick and quoins framing the middle three bays, which have a double-window.

Subway stations opened at Times Square, 50th Street and Columbus Circle about 1904. This brought development to Midtown Manhattan. By 1908, the Hotel Cumberland was managed by Harry P. Stimson and R.J. Bingham. In the 1990s, the premises served as a homeless house. Later, it was sold, renovated and reopened as the Ameritania Hotel at Times Square.