A QUESTION FOR OUR SITE HISTORIANS

[manhattan]

Some interesting Manhattan history and a question for our site historians. Do any of you have any information about the fire that destroyed the Claremont Inn (see item two, below)?

Thank you.

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[mack]

By different accounts, the Claremont Inn, with a history beginning in 1804, was owned by the city and was vacant for several years before being destroyed by fire in 1951 prior to demolition.

https://www.westsiderag.com/2012/02/07/the-claremont-inn-a-lost-treasure-on-the-banks-of-the-hudson


http://harlembespoke.blogspot.com/2009/03/remember-claremont-inn.html

 

[mack]

"Around 6 a.m. on March 14, 1951 fire broke out in the "rotting" inn, as described by journalist Robert Alden of The Times. Exactly one week later, on March 21, a second fire erupted. There were several theories concerning the causes, but the Columbia Daily Spectator was frank when it reported "many believed [the fire] to have originated at the hands of Parks Commissioner Robert Moses."


http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-lost-claremont-inn-riverside-dr-and.html

 

[manhattan]

Thanks, mack.