935–939 Broadway is a six-story Italianate brownstone structure designed by the architect

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History

The six-story Italianate building, commissioned by Richard Mortimer, was built between 1861–1862 and was designed by architect

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. Throughout its lifetime, the structure has been referred to as the Mortimer Building, the Albert Building, and the Glenham Hotel. Early tenants include Bryant, Stratton & Packard's New York City Business College and the J.&C. Johnston Dry Goods company that opened in 1881. The building originally had five stories and a sixth story was added in 1919 by the architects Rouse & Goldstone.

Glenham Hotel

Conflicting information exists that refers to this building as the former Glenham Hotel. The Glenham Hotel however has been listed as 153 and 155 Fifth Avenue, now the address of the adjacent

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. On April 2, 1882, 51-year-old

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committed suicide in his fifth floor room, number 80, by firing his Smith & Wesson revolver into his left temple. In 2021, the building began hosting the site of the first official Wizarding World and

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flagship store in New York City, now simply referred to as "Harry Potter New York".

Gallery

File:Mortimer Building.jpg, As seen from 5th Avenue and 22nd Street File:935-939 Broadway, 5th Avenue facade.jpg, Exterior view facing 5th Avenue File:935-939 Broadway, view from 22nd street.jpg, View of the fire escape File:935-939 Broadway clock.jpg, View of the clock mounted on the facade at the northeast corner File:935-939 Broadway capital detail.jpg, Capital detail at the ground floor File:935-939 Broadway capital detail 2.jpg, Capital detail at the ground floor File:935-939 Broadway pediment detail.jpg, Rounded pediment detail File:935-939 Broadway triangular pediment detail.jpg, Triangular pediment detail File:935-939 Broadway center corbel detail.jpg, Center corbel detail above one of the windows File:935-939 Broadway corbel detail from the side.jpg, Corbel detail from the side of one of the windows File:935-939 Broadway top floor window.jpg, View of one of the sixth floor windows File:935-939 Broadway northwest corner.jpg, View of the northwest corner

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:935-939 Broadway 1862 establishments in New York (state) Broadway (Manhattan) Buildings and structures in Manhattan Fifth Avenue Flatiron District Residential buildings completed in 1862