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'''Scheffel Hall''' at 190 [[Third Avenue (Manhattan)|Third Avenue]] in the [[Gramercy Park]] neighborhood of [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], was built in 1894-1895, and designed by Henry Adams Weber and Hubert Drosser, at a time when the area south of it was known as [[Little Germany, New York|''Kleindeutschland'']] ("Little Germany") due to the large number of German immigrants who lived nearby. The building, which served as a beer hall and restaurant, was modeled after an early-17th century building in [[Heidelberg Castle]], the "Friedrichsbau", and was named after [[Joseph Viktor von Scheffel]], a German poet and novelist. It later became known as Allaire's,<ref name=fednyc /> a name still inscribed on the building. The building's style has been described as "German-American eclectic Renaissance Revival".<ref>{{cite AIA4}} p.205</ref> |
'''Scheffel Hall''' at 190 [[Third Avenue (Manhattan)|Third Avenue]] in the [[Gramercy Park]] neighborhood of [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], was built in 1894-1895, and designed by Henry Adams Weber and Hubert Drosser, at a time when the area south of it was known as [[Little Germany, New York|''Kleindeutschland'']] ("Little Germany") due to the large number of German immigrants who lived nearby. The building, which served as a beer hall and restaurant, was modeled after an early-17th century building in [[Heidelberg Castle]], the "Friedrichsbau", and was named after [[Joseph Viktor von Scheffel]], a German poet and novelist. It later became known as Allaire's,<ref name=fednyc /> a name still inscribed on the building. The building's style has been described as "German-American eclectic Renaissance Revival".<ref>{{cite AIA4}} p.205</ref> |
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Scheffel Hall at 190 Third Avenue in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, was built in 1894-1895, and designed by Henry Adams Weber and Hubert Drosser, at a time when the area south of it was known as Kleindeutschland ("Little Germany") due to the large number of German immigrants who lived nearby. The building, which served as a beer hall and restaurant, was modeled after an early-17th century building in Heidelberg Castle, the "Friedrichsbau", and was named after Joseph Viktor von Scheffel, a German poet and novelist. It later became known as Allaire's,[1] a name still inscribed on the building. The building's style has been described as "German-American eclectic Renaissance Revival".[2]
Later, in the late 1920's, the building was used by the German-American Athletic Club. By 1939 it became the German-Aerican Rathskeller,[1] and then Joe King's Rathskeller. O. Henry referred to the Rathskeller as Rheinschlossen ("Rhine Castles") and wrote some of his stories there.[1] Beginning in the 1970s, it was the home of Fat Tuesday's, a well-known jazz club, and Tuesday's restaurant, which lasted until the early 21st century. It is currently a movement studio.
Scheffel Hall was designated a New York City landmark in 1997.[3]
References
- Notes
- ^ a b c Federal Writers' Project (1939). New York City Guide. New York: Random House. ISBN 978-1-60354-055-1. (Reprinted by Scholarly Press, 1976; often referred to as WPA Guide to New York City.), p.191
- ^ White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5. p.205
- ^ New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1., p.85