{"id":2881,"slug":"algonquin-hotel-new-york-new-york","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["The Algonquin Hotel was built in 1902 — the Manhattan hotel whose Round Table made it the headquarters of American wit: Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, and the Vicious Circle lunched there through the 1920s, the table being the country's most famous gathering of sharp tongues.","The file's documented spine is the Round Table's legend: a lunch that became an institution, the wits' daily gathering making the hotel the literary capital's club room."]},{"heading":"The wits at the table","paragraphs":["The lore reports the wits reportedly seen at the table — the file's ghost being the Round Table itself: the Vicious Circle's members reportedly still lunching, the hotel keeping the gathering that made it famous.","The spectral Round Table is the file's signature — American wit's greatest lunch reportedly still in session, the Algonquin's table keeping the company that never adjourned."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["The Algonquin is the archive's literary-lunch file — the 1902 hotel keeping the Round Table reportedly still seated. The documented gatherings are the record; the spectral wits are the lore of a lunch that became immortal.","A hotel that hosted the country's sharpest table keeps it — the file's suggestion being that the Vicious Circle's lunch never ended, the wits still at the Algonquin's table."]}],"name":"Algonquin Hotel","aliases":[],"type":"HOTEL","type_label":"Hotel","cats":["LOCAL_FOLKLORE","HAUNTED_PLACE","HISTORIC_BUILDING","LITERARY"],"groups":["hauntings","legends","lodging"],"desc":"The Round Table’s hotel—Dorothy Parker’s seat is reportedly still warm.","full_desc":"A hotel in New York, New York, Algonquin Hotel is filed here for what the record attaches to it. The Round Table’s hotel—Dorothy Parker’s seat is reportedly still warm. The file’s recurring figure goes by a name, not a description: the round table. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. It still takes guests.","address":null,"city":"New York","county":null,"state":"New York","postal":null,"region":"Northeast","lat":40.662712,"lon":-73.938677,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site","research_notes":"NYC batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":2611,"type":"NAMED_GHOST_LEGEND","description":"The wits are reportedly seen at the table. Witnesses name it The Round Table; the name travels further than the proof. A hotel in New York, New York with more than a century of check-ins gives the reports plenty of rooms to work with. 'Algonquin' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. A ghost with a name outlasts a ghost without one; the reports keep it employed.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The Round Table","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Algonquin","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin_Hotel","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":2612,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported figures in the lobby. Algonquin Hotel, a hotel in New York, New York, has kept the story in circulation longer than most of its guest registers. The reports are anecdotal — consistent enough to record, thin enough to stay unproven. The report is preserved in sources like 'Algonquin'. The figure remains the site's most-repeated sighting.","evidence":"ANECDOTAL","evidence_label":"Anecdotal","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Algonquin","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin_Hotel","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"Built 1902; the Round Table is documented. Algonquin Hotel's documented history in New York, New York is the record the rest of the file stands on. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. 'Algonquin' documents the entry. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":"1902","date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Algonquin","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin_Hotel","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The wits are reportedly seen at the table. The New York hotel's reports are the kind old lodgings accumulate — footsteps after hours, presences in rooms, the house working the night shift. The account has a collector's pedigree — written down as legend, which is the most honest status it can hold. Sources including 'Algonquin' keep the claim in circulation. The legend does what legends do — it explains the place in a way the records can't.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Algonquin","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin_Hotel","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The Round Table","claimed_identity":"The Round Table","verified":null,"summary":"The wits are reportedly seen at the table. The presence goes by The Round Table. Algonquin Hotel, a hotel in New York, New York, has kept the story in circulation longer than most of its guest registers. 'Algonquin' carries the account. Named presences persist where anonymous reports fade — the file's name here is The Round Table.","behavior":"The wits are reportedly seen at the table.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Algonquin","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin_Hotel","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Operating or preserved hotel property; public areas vary—check directly for tours or overnight stays.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Algonquin","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin_Hotel","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":{"title":"Algonquin Hotel","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin_Hotel","desc":"Hotel in Manhattan, New York","extract":"The Algonquin Hotel (officially The Algonquin Hotel Times Square, Autograph Collection) is a hotel at 59 West 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. The 181-room hotel, opened in 1902, was designed by architect Goldwin Starrett for the Puritan Realty Company. The hotel has hosted numerous literary and theatrical notables throughout its history, including members of the Algonquin Round Table club during the early 20th century. Its first owner-manager, Frank Case, established many of the hotel's traditions, including an official hotel cat as well as discounts for struggling authors. The hotel is a New York City designated landmark and a member of Historic Hotels of Ame","img":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/W_44_St_Sep_2021_01.jpg/960px-W_44_St_Sep_2021_01.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail","score":104,"lat":40.75583333,"lon":-73.98233333},"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}