Henry Janeway Hardenbergh (February 6, 1847 - March 18, 1918) was an
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, best known for his hotels and apartment buildings.
Life and career
Hardenbergh was born in
New Brunswick, New JerseyNew Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. It is the county seat and the home of Rutgers University. The city is located on the Northeast Corridor rail line, southwest of Manhattan, on the southern bank of the Raritan River. At the 2010 United States Census, the population of...
and apprenticed from 1865 to 1870 in an architecture firm in New York. In 1871, he set up his own practice. He obtained his first contracts – for Rutgers College in
New Brunswick, New JerseyNew Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. It is the county seat and the home of Rutgers University. The city is located on the Northeast Corridor rail line, southwest of Manhattan, on the southern bank of the Raritan River. At the 2010 United States Census, the population of...
– through family connections: his great-great grandfather,
Jacob Rutsen HardenberghJacob Rutsen Hardenbergh was a Dutch Reformed minister and the first President of Queen's College from 1785 to his death in 1790. -Biography:...
, had been the first president of Rutgers College from 1785 to 1790, when it was still called "Queen's College".
He then got the contract to design the
Vancorlear apartment building on West
55th Street55th Street is a two-mile-long, one-way street traveling east to west across Midtown Manhattan.-Sutton Place South:*The route officially begins at Sutton Place South which is on a hill overlooking FDR Drive....
in New York in 1879. The following year he was commissioned by
Edward S. ClarkEdward C. Clark or Edward S. Clark was a founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, along with his business partner of Isaac Merritt Singer...
, then head of the
Singer Sewing Machine CompanySinger Corporation is a manufacturer of sewing machines, first established as I.M. Singer & Co. in 1851 by Isaac Merritt Singer with New York lawyer Edward Clark. Best known for its sewing machines, it was renamed Singer Manufacturing Company in 1865, then The Singer Company in 1963. It is...
, to build a housing development. As part of this work, he designed the pioneering
Dakota ApartmentsThe Dakota, constructed from October 25, 1880 to October 27, 1884, is a co-op apartment building located on the northwest corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City...
in
Central Park WestCentral Park West is an avenue that runs north-south in the New York City borough of Manhattan, in the United States....
, novel in its location, very far north of the center of the city.
Subsequently, Hardenbergh received commissions to build the
WaldorfThe Waldorf-Astoria is a luxury hotel in New York. It has been housed in two historic landmark buildings in New York City. The first, designed by architect Henry J. Hardenbergh, was on the Fifth Avenue site of the Empire State Building. The present building at 301 Park Avenue in Manhattan is a...
(1893) and the adjoining
AstoriaThe Waldorf-Astoria is a luxury hotel in New York. It has been housed in two historic landmark buildings in New York City. The first, designed by architect Henry J. Hardenbergh, was on the Fifth Avenue site of the Empire State Building. The present building at 301 Park Avenue in Manhattan is a...
(1897) hotels for William Waldorf Astor and
Mrs. AstorCaroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor was a prominent American socialite of the last quarter of the 19th century. Famous for being referred to later in life as "the Mrs. Astor" or simply "Mrs. Astor", she was the wife of real estate heir William Backhouse Astor Jr...
, respectively. The two competing hotels were later joined together as the
Waldorf-AstoriaThe Waldorf-Astoria is a luxury hotel in New York. It has been housed in two historic landmark buildings in New York City. The first, designed by architect Henry J. Hardenbergh, was on the Fifth Avenue site of the Empire State Building. The present building at 301 Park Avenue in Manhattan is a...
, which as demolished in 1929 for the construction of the
Empire State BuildingThe Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark skyscraper and American cultural icon in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet , and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 ft high. Its name is derived...
.
Hardenbergh lived for some time in
Bernardsville, New JerseyBernardsville is a borough and affluent suburb in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. Bernardsville has the 10th-highest per capita income in the state. Nationwide, Bernardsville ranks 75th among the 100 highest-income places in the United States...
and died in 1918 in
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. He is buried in Woodland Cemetery, in
Stamford, ConnecticutStamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 122,643, making it the fourth largest city in the state and the eighth largest city in New England...
.
Buildings
- Sophia Astley Kirkpatrick Memorial Chapel – Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. It is the county seat and the home of Rutgers University. The city is located on the Northeast Corridor rail line, southwest of Manhattan, on the southern bank of the Raritan River. At the 2010 United States Census, the population of...
, with windows by Louis Comfort TiffanyLouis Comfort Tiffany was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass. He is the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements...
, 1873
- Kingfisher Tower
Kingfisher Tower is a folly built by Edward Clark on the eastern shore of Otsego Lake at Point Judith near County Highway 31 near Cooperstown, New York in 1876....
– near Cooperstown, New YorkCooperstown is a village in Otsego County, New York, USA. It is located in the Town of Otsego. The population was estimated to be 1,852 at the 2010 census.The Village of Cooperstown is the county seat of Otsego County, New York...
, 1876
- Row houses – 101 and 103 West 73rd Street, Manhattan, New York City, 1879-1880
- The Dakota Apartments
The Dakota, constructed from October 25, 1880 to October 27, 1884, is a co-op apartment building located on the northwest corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City...
– Manhattan, New York City, 1880-84, a NYC landmark
- Western Union Telegraph Building – 186 Fifth Avenue at 23rd Street
23rd Street is a broad thoroughfare in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is one of few two-way streets in the gridiron of the borough. As with Manhattan's other "crosstown" streets, it is divided at Fifth Avenue, in this case at Madison Square Park, into its east and west sections. Since...
, Manhattan, New York City, 1882-84
- Row houses at 15A-19 and 41-65 West 73rd Street – Manhattan, New York City, 1882-1885
- Hotel Albert – now the Albert Apartments, Manhattan, New York City, 1883
- 1845 Broadway – Manhattan, New York City, 1883-1884
- Schermerhorn Building – 376-380 Lafayette Street, Manhattan, New York City, 1888
- Apartment building and row houses – 121 East 89th Street
89th Street runs from Riverside Drive, overlooking the Hudson River, to the East River, through the New York City borough of Manhattan. The street is interrupted by Central Park...
(apartment building) and 1340,42,44,46,48 and 50 Lexington Avenue (row houses), 1888-89, comprising the Hardenbergh/Rhinelander Historic District
- American Fine Arts Building – home of the Art Students League of New York
The Art Students League of New York is an art school located on West 57th Street in New York City. The League has historically been known for its broad appeal to both amateurs and professional artists, and has maintained for over 130 years a tradition of offering reasonably priced classes on a...
, Manhattan, New York City, 1891-92, a NYC landmark
- William Murray Houses – 13-15 West 54th Street
54th Street is a two-mile-long, one-way street traveling west to east across Midtown Manhattan.-West Side Highway:*The route begins at the West Side Highway . Opposite the intersection is the New York Passenger Ship Terminal and the Hudson River...
, Manhattan, New York City, 1897, a NYC landmark
- Hotel Martinique – Broadway
Broadway is a prominent avenue in New York City, United States, which runs through the full length of the borough of Manhattan and continues northward through the Bronx borough before terminating in Westchester County, New York. It is the oldest north–south main thoroughfare in the city, dating to...
, Manhattan, New York City, 1897-1900, enlarged: 1907-11, a NYC landmark
- All Angels' Church – Manhattan, New York City, 1904
- Sunnyside Island – 1000 Islands, 1902
- Whitehall Building – Manhattan, New York City, 1902-04, a NYC landmark
- Plaza Hotel
The Plaza Hotel in New York City is a landmark 20-story luxury hotel with a height of and length of that occupies the west side of Grand Army Plaza, from which it derives its name, and extends along Central Park South in Manhattan. Fifth Avenue extends along the east side of Grand Army Plaza...
– Manhattan, New York City, 1905-07, a NYC landmark
- Trinity Episcopal Church – York Harbor, Maine
York Harbor is a census-designated place in the town of York in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,321 at the 2000 census. York Harbor is a distinguished former Gilded Age summer colony noted for its resort architecture...
, 1908
- Waldorf Hotel
The Waldorf-Astoria is a luxury hotel in New York. It has been housed in two historic landmark buildings in New York City. The first, designed by architect Henry J. Hardenbergh, was on the Fifth Avenue site of the Empire State Building. The present building at 301 Park Avenue in Manhattan is a...
– Manhattan, New York City, 1893, demolished 1929
- Astoria Hotel
The Waldorf-Astoria is a luxury hotel in New York. It has been housed in two historic landmark buildings in New York City. The first, designed by architect Henry J. Hardenbergh, was on the Fifth Avenue site of the Empire State Building. The present building at 301 Park Avenue in Manhattan is a...
– Manhattan, New York City, 1897, demolished 1929
- Willard Hotel – Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
, 1901
- The Raleigh Hotel
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue is a high-rise Postmodern skyscraper located in Washington, D.C., in the United States. It is tall, has 14 stories, and has a four-story underground parking garage...
– Washington D.C., 1911, demolished 1965
- Copley Plaza Hotel – Boston, Massachusetts, 1912
- Palmer Stadium – Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, Princeton, New JerseyPrinceton is a community located in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is best known as the location of Princeton University, which has been sited in the community since 1756...
, 1914
- Consolidated Edison Company Building – Manhattan, New York City, 1915 – building only, not the tower
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