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The Endicott Hotel is a former luxury hotel which now serves as a coop. The building sits between 81st and 82nd St. on Columbus Avenue in New York City's Upper West Side diagonal from the American Museum of Natural History. ==The origin and construction of the hotel== The original hotel was built by Charles A. Fuller and designed by Edward Angell, who also designed several other prominent buildings on the Upper West Side. The hotel was originally intended to be an apartment house, the Endicott. The original plans filed in April 1889 called for two buildings, each with 44 families and seven stories high. But the initial plans were not approved by the Building Department. After several changes to the plans, the Endicott began construction in 1889 at a cost of over $1,500,000. The first building, opening on 81st Street for 52 families was finished in 1890; the second building on 82nd Street for 72 families opened in 1891.〔''New York Times'', June 29, 1902〕 When the hotel opened, it was described as "in all respects, the finest and best appointed in this part of the city." The Hotel was built of Pompeian brick and terra cotta and boasted many modern marvels of its day including steam heat, lighting by its own electric plant, and good ventilation. The original decor was elaborate, sporting marble tile and onyx wainscoting.〔''History and Commerce of New York'', 1891 By American Publishing and Engraving Co〕 The original hotel included a glass-roofed Palm Room where today in its place is the restaurant The Milling Room. There was a dining room on the second floor which could seat upwards of 500 to 600 people, as well as a cafe, barber shop and newsstand on the ground floor. Outside, the platforms of the Ninth Avenue El's 81st Street station ran by the hotel's third floor windows.〔''The Upper West Side'', Michael V. Susi, ISBN 978-0738563169〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Endicott Hotel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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