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The Biltmore Hotel in New York City was designed by architects Warren & Wetmore, who helped design Grand Central Terminal across the street from the hotel.  The hotel opened in 1913 and continued in business until 1981, when the building was gutted to the steel frame and rebuilt as an office building.  Features an elaborate B. The roses where marked Yale. Click on each photo below to view additional images and information. Formerly catalogued as O-702.

Specifications

School / Style
Emblematic
Manufacturer
Yale & Towne
Circa Dates
1913
Classification
Category P - P-700
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P-70300

About this record

Catalogue entry P-70300 is an antique doorknob recorded in the Public Buildings/Seals category (Category P, Single Letters) of the Antique Doorknob Collectors of America archive. It was made by Yale & Towne, circa 1913. The pattern belongs to the Emblematic school of ornament.

Moving off a platform we had outgrown

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