1892 menu fifth avenue hotel 1852 ills madison cottage nyc new york city

Description

5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches, fold up to breakfast menu.  From the start of an 1892 trip down thw coast to florida. a nice bit of ny history.  see wiki below for how the 1852 madison cottage stagecoach stop site in ills was transformed to the luxury fifth st hotel.
The
Fifth Avenue Hotel
was a luxury hotel located at 200
Fifth Avenue
in
Manhattan
,
New York City
from 1859 to 1908. It had an entire block of
frontage
between
23rd Street
and
24th Street
, at the southwest corner of
Madison Square
.
Contents
1
Site and construction
2
Design and accommodations
3
Notable events and uses
3.1
"Amen Corner"
4
Closing and demolition
5
See also
6
References
7
External links
Site and construction
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On the site of the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Madison Cottage or Corporal Thompson's Roadhouse,
[1]
1852
Franconi’s Hippodrome, 1853
The site was previously used by Madison Cottage,
[2]
which was a
stagecoach
stop for passengers headed north from the city. From 1853 to 1856 it was then used by Franconi's Hippodrome, a tent-like structure of canvas and wood which could accommodate up to 10,000 spectators who watched chariot races and other "Amusements of the Ancient Greeks and Romans".
[3]
[4]
[5]
The Fifth Avenue Hotel was built in 1856–59 by
Amos Richards Eno
at the cost of million.