Hotel Le Marquis
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]
Charles Twelvetrees, artist and illustrator, died on April 6, 1948, in the bathtub of his room, due to natural causes.[4]
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".[5]
In 2004, it became Hotel Chandler.[2] The hotel closed to the public in late 2017, entering use as a homeless shelter from January 2018 onward.[6]
References
- ↑ "Hotel Le Marquis New York City". Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
- 1 2 "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.
- ↑ "CHARLES TWELVETREES (Published 1948)". April 7, 1948. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
- ↑ "Gilbert Bundy Hangs Self in Hotel Room". Ledger-Enquirer. Columbus, GA. November 22, 1955. Retrieved September 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Scotto, Michael (November 16, 2017). "City plans to use swanky Midtown hotel as homeless shelter". Spectrum News. Retrieved May 30, 2026.