1898
ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED AS AN APARTMENT HOTEL, BY NOTED ARCHITECTURE FIRM BUCHMAN & DEISLER, THE HOTEL ORLEANS IS BUILT AT THE CORNER OF 80TH STREET AND COLUMBUS AVENUE.
BUCHMAN & DEISLER WOULD LATER DESIGN THE JACOB SCHIFF MANSION ON FIFTH AVENUE AND THE EDISON ELECTRIC BUILDING ON 28TH STREET.
THE HOTEL ORLEANS WAS CONSTRUCTED BY ISAAC A. HOPPER, ONE OF NEW YORK’S MOST PROMINENT BUILDERS, WITH CARNEGIE HALL TO HIS CREDIT.
THE HOTEL ORLEANS IS THE UPPER WEST SIDE’S SECOND OLDEST SURVIVING TALL BUILDING AFTER THE DAKOTA
THE HOTEL ORLEANS IS THE UPPER WEST SIDE'S SECOND OLDEST SURVIVING TALL BUILDING AFTER THE DAKOTA..
DESIGNED IN FRENCH RENAISSANCE AND BEAUX-ARTS STYLE, THE HOTEL ORLEANS IS KNOWN FOR ITS UNOBSTRUCTED VIEWS OVER THE GROUNDS OF THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND CENTRAL PARK.
1900
1910
DR. WALTER J. CLARKE ACQUIRES THIS ARCHITECTURAL GEM AND FURNISHES IT WITH PERIOD ANTIQUES.
1912
THE HOTEL ORLEANS IS ONE OF THE FIRST BUILDINGS IN NEW YORK CITY TO CONVERT FROM ITS PRIVATE GENERATING PLANT TO DELIVERY OF EDISON ELECTRICITY.
1930
1939
"A REFINED FAMILY HOTEL. ONE BLOCK FROM CENTRAL PARK. OPPOSITE HAYDEN PLANETARIUM AND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. UNUSUALLY LARGE ROOMS FOR TRANSIENT AND PERMANENT OCCUPANCY."
1960
1979
THE CURRENT OWNER ACQUIRES THE HOTEL ORLEANS.
1990
1993
THE OWNER UNDERTAKES A THOUGHTFUL INTERIOR RENOVATION AND THE BUILDING BECOMES KNOWN AS THE ORLEANS.
2000
2013
THE OWNER COMPLETES A PROGRAM TO CREATE FOUR- AND FIVE-BEDROOM RESIDENCES.
2014
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS 115 YEAR HISTORY, THE RESIDENCES OF THE ORLEANS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.