A Clue to the Isaac and Theodore Hagaman connection to the Brevoort House Hotel

 

Though I had not known of a connection between the Hagaman brothers and the Brevoort House Hotel, other than that in the Library inventory mentioned in the Thursday, March 10th post on this blog, I found something today on the Internet. A simple search of Hagaman and Brevoort in Google, turned up the following from Google Books,

The Englishman's Illustrated Guidebook to the United States and Canada. Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1876.

 

 

Below on the left is the title page of this book, and on the right is a drawing of the Albemarle Hotel with information.  I placed the blue arrow on the page to point out where it states:

 Proprietors, Henry Hagaman and Theodore Hagaman (formerly of the Brevoort Hotel).

 

 

The Albemarle Hotel was built in 1860 and taken down sometime in the mid 1910s was located at the junction of Broadway, Fifth Avenue and 24th Street. 

The text above states: 

This select and fashionable Hotel is the most central and delightfully situated of any in the city, being on the corner of FIFTH Avenue and 24th Streets, opposite Madison Park; Cars and Omnibuses to all parts of the city pass the door at all hours, pass the door at all hours, the rooms are all light and airy; the parlours and suites of rooms are unsurpassed by those of any other hotel, being richly furnished and having all the conveniences of hot and cold water, baths, and waterclosets; the cuisine is unexceptionable, and wines the best that can be procured. For gentlemen and families who desire quiet and comfort, and at the same time to be in the most beautiful part of the city, this hotel offers superior attractions. The Hotel is furnished with one of Otis Tufts patent Safety Passenger Elevators.                                                                 ______________

The mention in conjunction with the Hagaman brothers as proprietors led me to think they may have been at one time proprietors of the Brevoort House Hotel. Today I discovered -or rediscovered some information that will shed light on this mystery which I will write about in the next post.