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The Astor House was for a time the finest hotel in New York City. St. ... New York, NY redirects here. ...

John Jacob Astor built this luxurious, Greek Revival style, Isaiah Rogers designed hotel across Broadway from New York City Hall Vesey in 1836. It was originally called the Park Hotel with 309 rooms in its 6 stories with gaslights and bathing/toilet facilities on each floor and was diagonally across the corner from the New York Herald. Mathew Brady lived there in the 1840s and Abraham Lincoln stayed there in February 1860. By the early 1870s it was considered old-fashioned and unappealing and principally used by businessmen. It was a safe haven during the Great Blizzard of '88 and in 1916, Charles Evans Hughes stayed there while his presidential bid stood in the balance. John Jacob Astor, detail of an oil painting by Gilbert Stuart, 1794 John Jacob (originally either Johann Jakob or Johann Jacob) Astor (July 17, 1763 - March 29, 1848) was the first of the Astor family dynasty and the first millionaire in the United States, the creator of the first Trust... Personal residence of Catherine the Great Greek Revival was a style of classical architecture which became fashionable in Europe in the 18th century, and in the United Kingdom and United States in the early 19th century. ... Isaiah Rogers (1800—1869), born in Massachusetts, was a prominent American architect of national reputation who practiced in Mobile, Alabama, Boston, Massachusetts, New York City, and Cincinnati, Ohio. ... A view of Broadway in 1909 Broadway, as the name implies, is a wide avenue in New York City. ... ... The New York Herald was a large distribution newspaper based in New York City that existed between May 6, 1835 and 1924. ... Image:Matthew Brady 1875 cropped. ... Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States (March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865). ... // The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ... New York City The Great Blizzard of 1888 (March 11 - March 14, 1888) was one of fiercest blizzards on United States (U.S.) record. ... Charles Evans Hughes (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948) was Governor of New York, United States Secretary of State, Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the United States. ...