Monterey Hotel, 215 W. 94th St., & Newton Hotel, 2528 Broadway, New York, 1986  

The Hotel Newton sign does not seem to include the name, Newton. Only: "HOTEL / Single / Double Rooms / Bath / 1-2 Room Suites / Modern Kitchenettes? / Transients / Residential / Sensible Rates." Click for detail on Newton sign.

The Office for Metropolitan History (www.metrohistory.com) gives the following on the Newton Hotel: (year) 1902 (DOB NB#) 72 (cost) $230,000 (description) 9-sty brk and stone hotel, 50.4x107 (owner) Chas J Judson / 842 St Nicholas av (architect) Ross & McNeil / 39 E 42d [42nd] st.

An advertisement in the International Railway Journal, 1918, read, "Hotel Newton, 2528 Broadway, between 94th and 95th Sts. Subway express station at 96th St. The NEWTON is within 10 minutes of Grand Central Station and Penns. R. R. Station. Accommodates 200 people. Rates, single, $1.50 to $4 per day; double $2 to $5 per day. Unexcelled service. Samuel A. Loper."

A classified ad in the New York Times, 24 April 1954, read, "94 St & Broadway / MO 6-6500 / HOTEL NEWTON / 1 1/2 & 2 rms, mod kitchn'tts, baths, full hotel services. Also singles, doubles" (click for image).

As reported in the New York Times, 6 Jan. 1924, "The Hotel Newton, a nine-story fireproof modern building on the easterly side of Broadway, seventy-five [feet] north of Ninety-fourth Street, has been purchased by Harry Schiff from the Comey Estate. It adjoins the Hotel Monterey, also owned by Mr. Schiff and was acquired through Slawson & Hobbs, as brokers. The Hotel Newton is a nine-story building, fifty feet front on a lot 135 feet in dept. After making extensive alterations the Hotel Newton will be operated in conjunction with the Hotel Monterey. ... Mr. Schiff has operated with great success the Hotel Monterey since it was built and is one of the foremost builders on the west side..."

The New York Times printed dozens of notices of meetings and other gatherings at the Hotel Newton during the 1920s and 1930s. Then in 1945 appeared the notice: "Charles N. Whinston, architect and industrial designer, ... has completed plans for the rebuilding of the ballroom floor of the Hotel Newton, 2528 Broadway, and conversion into suites at a cost of $30,000" (28 Nov. 1945, p. 38).

The Hotel Newton sign was painted by Broadway Maintenance Corp.

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