Lovejoy's Hotel was a New York City hotel from the 1830s through 1870. It was located at the corner of Park Row and Beekman Street in a six-story building in the Civic Center neighborhood of Manhattan.(26 March 1870). The Last of Lovejoy's Hotel, The New York Times The Astor House hotel was opposite it.
History
Jonathan Lovejoy was the original proprietor. John P. Huggins later purchased the hotel.Mower, Henry S. Reminiscences of a Hotel Man of Forty Year's Service, pp. 76–77 (1912) Huggins ran the hotel for approximately twenty years before purchasing the Cosmopolitan Hotel with his two brothers.Merrill, Georgia Drew (ed.) History of Carroll County, New Hampshire, p. 388 (1889)(11 September 1902). John P. Huggins (obituary), The New York Times
In 1852, Alvan E. Bovay, a future founder of the United States Republican Party, dined with Horace Greeley at Lovejoy's during the 1852 Whig National Convention. They discussed the need for a new national party, and Bovay suggested it be called the "Republican" party.History of the Republican Party, pp. 151–53 (1884)Lyke, Tim (27 April 2011). Editorial: No dispute: Bovay gave GOP its name, Ripon Press
The hotel was among those the "Confederate Army of Manhattan" attempted to burn down in November 1864.Hansen, Gretchen (21 October 2012). The 1864 Plot To Burn Down New York City, BBC America
Horatio Alger, Jr. mentions Lovejoy's in his 1868 novel Ragged Dick.
Closure The hotel closed in 1870 and was converted into offices. By now Park Row was dominated by newspapers, and subsequent tenants of the building included the New York Evening Mail and the Rural New Yorker.(15 August 1872). Weekly Evening Mail advertising, Weekly Trade Circular, p. 156
The building suffered some damage in the January 1882 fire that destroyed the former Potter Building (and former home of the New York World).(1 February 1882). Surrounding Property Damaged, The New York Times But it remained standing until around 1888 or 1889.Testimony of Nelson S. Flock, Appellate Record, Storms v. New York Elevated Railroad Company, Court of Appeals of the State of New York, p. 84 (1903)
References
External links 1860 hotel envelope with building sketch, at Columbia University Libraries