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Hotel in Manhattan, New York
United States historic place
The
Webster Hotel
is located in
New York City
. The building was built in 1902 and was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
on September 7, 1984. It was designed by the architectural firm of
Tracy and Swartwout
, and built in the
Classical Revival
style.
It functions today as The Midtown Executive Club, it is also marketed as a hotel to the general public under the name Club Quarters, Midtown.
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Colombian
novelist
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
stayed with his family in the Webster Hotel during a period when he moved from
Havana
to New York City to work for
Cuban
press agency
Prensa Latina
.
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The hotel was the first marital home of
Franklin D. Roosevelt
and his wife
Eleanor
while he attended
Columbia Law School
.
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West of
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