| Lovejoy's Hotel | |
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 Lovejoy's Hotel in 1864 | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Park Row & Beekman Place, Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 40°42′41″N74°00′26″W / 40.7115°N 74.0071°W |
| Completed | 1830s |
| Demolished | 1889 |
Lovejoy's Hotel was a New York City hotel from the 1830s through 1870. It was located at the corner of Park Row and Beekman Street in a six-story building in the Civic Center neighborhood of Manhattan. [1] The Astor House hotel was opposite it.
Jonathan Lovejoy was the original proprietor. John P. Huggins later purchased the hotel. [2] Huggins ran the hotel for approximately twenty years before purchasing the Cosmopolitan Hotel with his two brothers. [3] [4]
In 1852, Alvan E. Bovay, a future founder of the United States Republican Party, dined with Horace Greeley at Lovejoy's during the 1852 Whig National Convention. They discussed the need for a new national party, and Bovay suggested it be called the "Republican" party. [5] [6]
The hotel was among those the "Confederate Army of Manhattan" attempted to burn down in November 1864. [7]
Horatio Alger, Jr. mentions Lovejoy's in his 1868 novel Ragged Dick .
The hotel closed in 1870 and was converted into offices. [1] By now Park Row was dominated by newspapers, and subsequent tenants of the building included the New York Evening Mail and the Rural New Yorker . [8]
The building suffered some damage in the January 1882 fire that destroyed the former Potter Building (and former home of the New York World ). [9] But it remained standing until around 1888 or 1889. [10] [11]
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