Hotel Victoria was the only hotel in the city with entrances on both the Broadway and Fifth Avenue thoroughfares. This illustration comes from the guidebook Illustrated New York City and Surroundings: A descriptive guide to places of interest by Charles W Hobb, published in 1889.

The hotel was built by Paran Stevens in 1877. It was owned by the American Hotel Victoria Company and, in 1911, was redecorated, renovated, and refurnished for $250,000 ($8.5m in today's money). However, the hotel closed its doors three years later and the expensive furnishings were sold at auction the same day. Its demolition made way for an office and loft building.

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