Hotel Le Marquis

Hotel Le Marquis is a 14 floor hotel in New York City at 12 East 31st Street and 131 Madison Avenue.[1]

Hotel Chandler, 12 East 31 Street, 2011

It was designed by the architect Albert Buchman and built in 1907.[2]

Singer Marion Harris died in this hotel on April 23, 1944, from a fire that started when she fell asleep while smoking in bed.[3]

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".[4]

In 2004, it became Hotel Chandler.[2]

References
  1. "Hotel Le Marquis New York City". Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  2. "Following an Amicable Resolution Le Marquis New York Changes Name to Hotel Chandler". Hotel Online. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  3. "Marion Harris". Redhotjazz.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  4. "Gilbert Bundy Hangs Self in Hotel Room". Ledger-Enquirer. Columbus, Georgia. 22 November 1955. Retrieved 19 September 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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