Madison Hotel (Atlantic City)

Madison Hotel
Interactive map of the Madison Hotel area
General information
LocationAtlantic City, New Jersey, 123 S. Martin Luther King Jr blvd
Coordinates39°21′28″N 74°25′49″W / 39.35778°N 74.43028°W / 39.35778; -74.43028
Completed
1929
OpeningDecember 1929
Renovated1956, 2004, 2013–14
Technical details
Floor count14 (actually 13 but labeled 14 to prevent bad luck)
Design and construction
ArchitectsPrice & Walton
Other information
Number of rooms126
Number of suites126
Parking200
Madison Hotel
Madison Hotel (Atlantic City) is located in Atlantic County, New Jersey
Madison Hotel (Atlantic City)
Location within Atlantic County, New Jersey
Madison Hotel (Atlantic City) is located in New Jersey
Madison Hotel (Atlantic City)
Location within New Jersey
Madison Hotel (Atlantic City) is located in the United States
Madison Hotel (Atlantic City)
Location within the United States
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Georgian Revival[1]
NRHP reference No.84000506[2]
NJRHP No.399[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 20, 1984
Designated NJRHPNovember 1, 1984

The Madison Hotel is an abandoned historic hotel located in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. Designed by Victor Gondos, Jr. of the Gondos Company of Philadelphia, it was built in 1929 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 20, 1984.[4]

The Madison Hotel is visible to the left of the adjacent Traymore Hotel, c. 1930.

The 14-story building opened as a luxury hotel at the beginning of the Great Depression in the United States. It went through bankruptcy in the 1960s and later became a wing of the adjacent Sands Atlantic City.[5][6][7]

In 2004, Sands invested $7 million to renovate and reconfigure the property into 126 suites. In 2006, the Sands closed.[7][8]

On May 25, 2013, the Madison Hotel building was auctioned, with a winning bid of $4 million by Eli Hadad, an owner of hotels in Florida and the Dominican Republic.[7] However, the purchase was not completed and the property was again offered for sale.[9] In November 2013, the hotel was purchased by Ratan Hotel Group for $2.5 million.[10]

On January 25, 2014 it reopened as Baymont Inn & Suites Atlantic City Madison Hotel, managed by the Baymont Inn & Suites chain.[10]

By July 2023, the Madison Hotel had closed. The building was used as an illegal shelter, with no water or power.[11] Roughly 30 squatters were cleared out by the City and the building was secured, with ground floor windows and doors boarded up.[12]

In November 2024, the Madison Hotel was listed for sale on various real estate sites, with an asking price of $3.5M USD. The building was offered "as is".[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Madison Hotel - Archiplanet". Archived from the original on September 18, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  2. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. ↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Atlantic County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. October 25, 2010. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2006. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Madison House Hotel | Buildings | EMPORIS".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ↑ "Madion Hotel". Emporis. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑ Wittkowski, Donald. "Some doubt Madison House hotel will reopen" Archived 2010-02-23 at the Wayback Machine, Press of Atlantic City, February 21, 2010.
  7. 1 2 3 Wittkowski, Donald. "Florida investor buys historic Atlantic City hotel" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Press of Atlantic City, May 30, 2013.
  8. ↑ Wittkowski, Donald."Historic Atlantic City Madison House hotel sells at auction for $4 million" Archived 2013-06-17 at the Wayback Machine, Press of Atlantic City, May 26, 2013.
  9. ↑ Wittkowski, Donald. "Historic Atlantic City hotel Madison House up for sale, again" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Press of Atlantic City, October 12, 2013.
  10. 1 2 Wittkowski, Donald. "Brighter days ahead for historic Madison House hotel" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Press of Atlantic City, February 1, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Closed Madison Hotel cleared out". July 3, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Google Maps".
  13. ↑ "125 S Dr Martin Luther King Blvd, Atlantic City, NJ 08401 - Hospitality Property". loopnet.com.