Hotel Chelsea
- Architect
- Hubert, Pirsson & Company
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- City
- Manhattan, NY
The Hotel Chelsea at 222 West 23rd Street was built between 1883 and 1884 to designs by Philip Hubert of Hubert, Pirsson & Company, originally as a housing cooperative. The 12-story building later became home to generations of writers, musicians, artists, and entertainers, some of whom still lived there into the 21st century, and today most of it operates as a luxury hotel.
the building
The facade. The front facade rises 11 stories, the rear 12, divided vertically into five sections and built of brick with flower-ornamented iron balconies, capped by a high mansard roof.
Thick walls, open floors. The Chelsea has thick load-bearing masonry walls combined with wrought iron floor beams, which together allowed for large, column-free interior spaces.
the style
The building is described variously as Queen Anne Revival and Victorian Gothic, a mix that shows up in its ironwork balconies and mansard roofline.
More on Gothic Revivalthe architect
Philip Hubert, of the firm Hubert, Pirsson & Company, designed the Hotel Chelsea.
significance
The Hotel Chelsea is a designated New York City Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- New York Public Library, Muhlenberg Branch
- Church of the Holy Communion Rectory
- Church of the Holy Apostles
- Trinity Chapel Complex
- 130 West 30th Street Building
- 111 Eighth Avenue