Fifth Avenue Hotel, Madison Cottage Cover, New York (circa)1900 North Carolina "She was the most charming

"She was the most charming lady

but that just makes it all the more arresting

and the liquors are perfect

he said the opulent and lavishly decorated property was “a statement to the rest of the world that Los Angeles had arrived as an American metropolis

He had heard rumors of seven fabled cities where the houses were made of gold

Fifth Avenue Hotel, Madison Cottage Cover, New York (circa)1900 North Carolina "She was the most charmingNew Yorks Fifth Avenue doesn't look like this any more. The cover of this (circa) 1900 Fifth Avenue Hotel breakfast menu shows an engraving of the early wayside stop which was known as Madison Cottage, where travelers could eat and rest. It was originally known as the Horn Farmhouse and sat at what would be the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street. It was turned into an inn by William Corporal Thompson and it was named Madison Cottage after