Worth Monument and Hotels on Broadway

The Worth Monument and hotels on Broadway from Fifth Avenue, between 24th Street (left) and 25th Street (right), about 1870. Published by E. & H.T. Anthony Co. Source: Getty Museum.

Worth Monument was dedicated in 1857. It is a memorial and burial site of General William Jenkins Worth (1794-1849). It is one of the two New York monuments that also serves as a mausoleum, the other is Grant’s Tomb. The six-story Albemarle Hotel, on the corner of West 24th Street, was built in 1860. The original Hoffman House is seen in the center. It was completed in October 1864 and expanded several times later. In 1870, the building on the corner of 25th Street was annexed to the hotel.