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Hotel Le Marquis is a 14 floor hotel in New York City at 12 East 31st Street and 131 Madison Avenue.[1]
It was designed by the architect Albert Buchman and built in 1907.[2]
Singer Marion Harris died in this hotel on April 23, 1944, from a fire that started when she fell asleep while smoking in bed.[3]
On November 21, 1955, the cartoonist and illustrator Gilbert Bundy killed himself in his apartment there, and "his body was found hanging by several neckties from a door hinge".[4]
In 2004, it became Hotel Chandler.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hotel Le Marquis New York City". Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
- ^ a b "Following an Amicable Resolution Le Marquis New York Changes Name to Hotel Chandler". Hotel Online. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
- ^ "Marion Harris". Redhotjazz.com. Archived from the original on May 7, 2009. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
- ^ "Gilbert Bundy Hangs Self in Hotel Room". Ledger-Enquirer. Columbus, Georgia. November 22, 1955. Retrieved September 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.