Found 1 collection related to Fifth Avenue Hotel (New York, N.Y.)

The Fifth Avenue Hotel, located at Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street, was built by Amos R. Eno in 1859. One of New York's most luxurious hotels, it included what was then a novelty, an elevator. Collection consists of ledgers and journals, 1859-1891, kept by the chef or the kitchen manager which contain detailed accounts of all daily kitchen expenses. Numerous miscellaneous volumes record kitchen-related services in the hotel, including liquor expenses, lists and addresses of vendors, and payments for items broken or damaged by employees. Also, records of banking transactions. less