Hotel Le Marquis

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Hotel Le Marquis is a 14 floor hotel in New York City at 12 East 31st Street and 131 Madison Avenue. [1]

It was designed by the architect Albert Buchman and built in 1907. [2]

Singer Marion Harris died in this hotel on April 23, 1944, from a fire that started when she fell asleep while smoking in bed. [3]

On November 21, 1955, the cartoonist and illustrator Gilbert Bundy killed himself in his apartment there, and "his body was found hanging by several neckties from a door hinge". [4]

In 2004, it became Hotel Chandler. [2]

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References

  1. "Hotel Le Marquis New York City". Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Following an Amicable Resolution Le Marquis New York Changes Name to Hotel Chandler". Hotel Online. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  3. "Marion Harris". Redhotjazz.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  4. "Gilbert Bundy Hangs Self in Hotel Room". Ledger-Enquirer. Columbus, Georgia. 22 November 1955. Retrieved 19 September 2022 via Newspapers.com.

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