Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 198: Hotel History: Jefferson Hotel, U.S. Grant Hotel, The Montauk Manor and The Jung Hotel

Stanley Turkel | June 26, 2018

by Stanley Turkel, CMHS Hotel History: Jefferson Hotel, U.S. Grant Hotel, The Montauk Manor and The Jung Hotel Some years ago, I served as the hotel consultant to the Sybedon Corporation, a New York-based real estate firm that specialized in restoration of historic hotels. The major hotel projects were: Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia U.S. Grant Hotel, San Diego, California Montauk Manor, Montauk, Long Island Jung Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana Jefferson Hotel (1895), Richmond, Virginia (140 rooms) Tobacco baron Lewis Ginter began building the Jefferson Hotel in 1892. It was designed by Carrère and Hastings, the same arc...