page_title: Hotel Albert (New York, New York)
hierarchical_section_title: Hotel Albert (New York, New York)
caption_attribution_description: The Albert began with three row houses at 32-36 East 11th Street, off of University Place were turned into the St. Stephen Hotel in 1876-77 to designs by designed by James Irving Howard. The owner, Albert S. Rosenbaum, then commissioned noted architect Henry J. Hardenbergh to build 24 "French flats" (luxury apartments) between the hotel and University Place. Completed in 1883, the were converted into the Hotel Albert in 1886-87. An additional story was added in 1891, and the two hotels merged in the mid-1890s. In 1903-04, a 12 story building was added to the south at 67 University Place, designed by Buchman &amp; Fox, and in 1922-24 a six story building on the corner at 23 East 10th Street, designed by William L. Bottomley and Sugarman, Hess &amp; Berger, while the St. Stephen was given an entirely new facade in the 1920s, and let go for commercial lease. In 1977 the entire complex, including the St. Stephen, was converted to rental apartments as The Albert. It was then converted to a co-operative in 1984. The building was listed on the NRHP in 2012. (Sources: Hotel Albert History and NRHP registration form) This image shows the original Hotel Albert building at 40 East 11th Street.
context_page_description: Hotel Albert, also known as The Albert and Albert Apartments, is a historic hotel and apartment complex located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. The Albert began with three row houses at 32-36 East 11th Street, off of University Place, which were turned into the St. Stephen Hotel in 1876–1877 to designs by designed by James Irving Howard. The owner, Albert S. Rosenbaum, then commissioned architect Henry Janeway Hardenbergh to build 24 "French flats" between the hotel and University Place. Completed in 1883, they were converted into the Hotel Albert in 1886–1887. An additional story was added in 1891, and the two hotels merged in the mid-1890s. In 1903–1904, a 12-story building was added to the south at 67 University Place, designed by Buchman & Fox, and in 1922–1924 a six-story building on the corner at 23 East 10th Street, designed by William L. Bottomley and Sugarman, Hess & Berger, while the St. Stephen was given an entirely new facade in the 1920s, and let go for commercial lease. In 1977 the entire complex, including the St. Stephen, was converted to rental apartments as The Albert. It was then converted to a co-op in 1984.
context_section_description: Hotel Albert, also known as The Albert and Albert Apartments, is a historic hotel and apartment complex located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. The Albert began with three row houses at 32-36 East 11th Street, off of University Place, which were turned into the St. Stephen Hotel in 1876–1877 to designs by designed by James Irving Howard. The owner, Albert S. Rosenbaum, then commissioned architect Henry Janeway Hardenbergh to build 24 "French flats" (luxury apartments) between the hotel and University Place. Completed in 1883, they were converted into the Hotel Albert in 1886–1887. An additional story was added in 1891, and the two hotels merged in the mid-1890s. In 1903–1904, a 12-story building was added to the south at 67 University Place, designed by Buchman & Fox, and in 1922–1924 a six-story building on the corner at 23 East 10th Street, designed by William L. Bottomley and Sugarman, Hess & Berger, while the St. Stephen was given an entirely new facade in the 1920s, and let go for commercial lease. In 1977 the entire complex, including the St. Stephen, was converted to rental apartments as The Albert. It was then converted to a co-op in 1984.  The hotel was noted for being popular among artists, writers, and political radicals.
  In 2009, the co-op board of The Albert commissioned historian Anthony W. Robins to research the history of the buildings. The results of his research are on-line at http://thehotelalbert.com/.
  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
caption: Hotel Albert, March 2011
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