{"nrhp_refnum":"95000530","name":"Times Square Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"255 W. 43rd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.75798352700008,"lon":-73.98893861799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-05-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A fifteen-story brick hotel at 255 West 43rd Street, on the northeast corner of Eighth Avenue in Manhattan's Times Square area, built in 1922-23 by developer Henry Claman and designed by Gronenberg & Leuchtag.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel was the first built in the Times Square district after World War I, starting a building boom and setting a precedent for later hotels. It is also an example of a hotel in the traditional Renaissance-inspired style popular in the early 1920s, and it represents the work of its architectural firm.","narrative":"Located at 255 West 43rd Street on the corner of Eighth Avenue, this fifteen-story hotel was built in 1922-23 by developer Henry Claman and designed by the firm Gronenberg & Leuchtag. It has tan brick walls, a two-story rusticated limestone base, and terra cotta trim inspired by Italian Renaissance architecture. Four wings, separated by light courts, rise from a shared base, a hotel form also used at the nearby Hotel Pennsylvania. Inside, an L-shaped, two-story lobby retains pink marble walls, terrazzo floors, a mezzanine balcony and an ornate plaster ceiling. Claman first planned the hotel for single men, but the idea failed and within a year it had new management, a new name and was open to all guests. It was the first hotel erected in the Times Square district after World War I and helped start the 1920s building boom that shaped the area as New York's entertainment and tourist center. It was listed for its role in that development and for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1922-44","architect_builder":"Gronenberg & Leuchtag (architects); Henry Claman (builder/developer)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Italian Renaissance","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as multiple dwelling; the form says the building retains a very high degree of integrity, though all windows above the second story have been replaced.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.799553-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/95000530.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000530/f75a60ff5e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000530/f75a60ff5e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Americasroof at English Wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Times-hotel.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Americasroof at English Wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Times-hotel.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319987","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7806559"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/times-square-hotel-95000530/"}