Martinique New York on Broadway
- Architect
- Henry Janeway Hardenbergh
- Year
- 1897
- Style
- French Renaissance
- City
- Manhattan, NY
The Martinique New York on Broadway is a 532-room hotel at 53 West 32nd Street, designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh in a French Renaissance style and built by William R. H. Martin, head of the Rogers Peet business. Developed in three sections between 1897 and 1910, it originally opened with 600 rooms and is now a New York City designated landmark.
the building
Mansard crown. The hotel is crowned by a large green mansard roof with decorated dormer windows, above facades of glazed brick, terracotta, and limestone finished with balconies and cartouches on all three street sides.
Ornate public rooms. The original interior held ornately decorated public rooms at ground level, including a lobby, cafe, and dining rooms, a basement grill room, and ballrooms on the second floor.
the style
Hardenbergh's French Renaissance design gave the hotel its mansard roof and dormers along with terracotta and limestone ornament across its three street facades.
More on French Renaissancethe architect
Henry Janeway Hardenbergh designed the Martinique in 1897; the record here does not detail his broader career.
significance
The hotel is a New York City designated landmark, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is part of the Historic Hotels of America.
nearby
- Martinique New York on Broadway, Curio Collection by Hilton
- Grand Hotel
- Hotel Wolcott
- Empire State Building
- Gilsey House
- Macy's Herald Square