 As its former names indicates it was originally a hotel, and was used for that purpose until 1964; it currently serves as a residential building.The 13-story building originally contained 335 rooms and was designed by noted New York City architects "Thompson, Holmes & Converse" in 1925 and held in Italian Renaissance style.A newspaper story depicted it as "300 rooms with bath, running ice water, fans and the latest equipment in the rooms.