Hotel Le Marquis
Hotel Le Marquis is a 14 floor hotel in New York City at 12 East 31st Street and 131 Madison Avenue.
It was designed by the architect Albert Buchman and built in 1907.
Singer Marion Harris died in this hotel on April 23, 1944, from a fire that started when she fell asleep while smoking in bed.
On November 21, 1955, the cartoonist and illustrator Gilbert Bundy killed himself in his apartment there, and "his body was found hanging by several neckties from a door hinge".
In 2004, it became Hotel Chandler.
References
- ^ "Hotel Le Marquis New York City". Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
- ^ "Following an Amicable Resolution Le Marquis New York Changes Name to Hotel Chandler". Hotel Online. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
- ^ "Marion Harris". Redhotjazz.com. Archived from the original on May 7, 2009. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
- ^ "Gilbert Bundy Hangs Self in Hotel Room". Ledger-Enquirer. Columbus, Georgia. November 22, 1955. Retrieved September 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.