{"nrhp_refnum":"12000329","name":"Hotel Albert","other_names":["Hotel St. Stephen","The Albert Apartment Corporation, Building A, B, C, D"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"23 E. 10th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Manhattan","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.73490135000003,"lon":-73.99275797599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-06-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Performing Arts","Literature","Art"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of four connected buildings at 23 East 10th Street in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, occupying the University Place blockfront between East 10th and East 11th streets. Built in stages from 1875 to 1924, it began as a hotel and apartment house and is now a co-op apartment complex.","why_significant":"The nomination argues architectural significance under Criterion C for an early apartment house designed by Henry Hardenbergh, with additions by Buchman & Fox and William L. Bottomley. It also argues significance under Criterion A in art, performing arts and literature, citing the Albert's century-long role as a home to writers, artists, political radicals and, in the 1960s, rock musicians.","narrative":"Occupying the University Place blockfront between East 10th and East 11th streets in Greenwich Village, this complex combines four buildings erected between 1875 and 1924. The earliest, the former Hotel St. Stephen, was assembled from three row houses to designs by James Irving Howard. Next came the eight-story Albert Apartments by Henry Hardenbergh, built in 1881-82 in red brick, brownstone and Nova Scotia stone and converted to a hotel by 1887. A twelve-story addition by Buchman & Fox followed in 1903-04, and a six-story wing by William L. Bottomley with Sugarman & Hess was completed in 1922-24. Beyond its architecture, the Albert served as a lodging place for writers, painters, political radicals and, in the 1960s, rock musicians, including those who wrote well-known songs there. Its exteriors remain largely intact, although interiors have been reworked and the St. Stephen's façade was replaced in the 1920s. The complex became a cooperative apartment building in the 1970s.","period_of_significance":"1875 - c.1970","architect_builder":"James Irving Howard (Building D, 1875/76); Henry Hardenbergh (Building C, 1881/82); Buchman & Fox (Building B, 1903/04); William L. Bottomley (Building A, 1922-24)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Renaissance; Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals/French Renaissance; Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Converted to a co-op apartment complex in the 1970s; exteriors of the Albert and its two additions survive largely intact, while interiors have been reconfigured and the former Hotel St. Stephen lost its original façade in the 1920s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.545995-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12000329.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000329/e4d13cd11c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000329/e4d13cd11c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Albert_40_East_11th_Street.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond My Ken</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Albert_40_East_11th_Street.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319598","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Albert_(New_York_City)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5903295"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/hotel-albert-12000329/"}