The St. Regis Hotel

The St. Regis Hotel is a 20-story building on Fifth Avenue with a limestone and brick facade shaped in the Beaux-Arts style. The entrance opens into a lobby with marble columns and crystal chandeliers that rise through several floors.

Architect John Merven Carrère designed the hotel at the request of John Jacob Astor IV, who opened it on September 4, 1904. The building underwent several renovations over the decades but kept its original structure and name.

The King Cole Bar displays a large mural by illustrator Maxfield Parrish showing Old King Cole and his court jesters. Guests today sit at the same counter where the recipe for the Bloody Mary was first served in the 1930s.

The address at 2 East 55th Street places the building four blocks south of Central Park and within short walking distance of Rockefeller Center. The lobby areas are accessible daily, and butler service can be requested for any guest room.

Salvador Dalí and his wife Gala spent several winters at the hotel and requested that the ceiling of their room be painted with a special silver tone. The two also hosted room parties for artists and writers where Dalí would sometimes present his latest drawings.

Location: Manhattan

Inception: 1904

Architects: Trowbridge & Livingston

Official opening: September 4, 1904

Floors above the ground: 20

Website: https://marriott.com/hotels/travel/nycxr-the-st-regis-new-york

GPS coordinates: 40.76139,-73.97472

Latest update: December 5, 2025 22:24