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The fort is named for Major George Armistead (1780–1818, later promoted to Colonel), commander of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore, the British Royal Navy attack in September 1814 in the War of 1812; the battle inspired the writing of the poem "Defence of Fort M'Henry" by Francis Scott Key which, later set to music as "The Star ...
Fort Armistead was a U.S. Army fort in the Cherokee National Forest near Coker Creek, Tennessee. It was founded in 1832 and was only periodically used in the following years. In 1838, Fort Armistead was re-stationed as part of an effort to forcibly relocate the Cherokee and became part of the Trail of Tears. It was then permanently abandoned ...
[153] [154] The New York Palace retained eight specialty suites, including the four triplexes, but two of the specialty suites became branded luxury suites. [155] The hotel's new owners sought to lease the Villard Houses' north wing for at least $2,000 per square foot ($22,000/m 2) per year. [146] The renovation was completed in September 2013.
Although the hotel's owners claimed that (212) 736-5000 was "the oldest continuously in-service telephone number in New York", [268] the veracity of this claim is disputed. [269] [270] Phone numbers in New York City existed as early as the 1880s, [269] and the phone number may have been changed at some point before 1992. [270]
The Loon Lake Mountain Fire Observation Station is a historic fire observation station located on Loon Lake Mountain at Loon Lake in Franklin County, New York. The station includes a 35-foot-tall (10.7 m), steel-frame lookout tower erected in 1917 that has been abandoned since 1971.
The hotel was built by Niagara Falls businessman Frank A. Dudley and operated by the United Hotels Company. [2] The 12 story, steel frame and concrete hotel was designed by prominent Buffalo architects Esenwein and Johnson and was built in 1924 (cornerstone laid on March 24, 1924). The hotel was dedicated on April 8, 1925 and opened for ...
Herald Towers, formerly the Hotel McAlpin, is a residential condominium building on Herald Square, along Broadway between 33rd and 34th Streets, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Constructed from 1910 to 1912 by the Greeley Square Hotel Company, it operated as a short-term hotel until 1976.
The rooms are spread through floors 16 through 52. Higher units contain views of Times Square and the skyline of New York City. [41] he "Millennium Suites" are at the top of the original hotel tower and cover 580 square feet (54 m 2) each. [42] The rooms have writing desks, European tubs, and full-height windows. [41]