Mansfield Hotel

The Mansfield Hotel is at 12 West 44th Street, along the south sidewalk between Sixth Avenue and Fifth Avenue, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.{{Cite web |title=12 West 44 Street, 10036 |url=https://zola.planning.nyc.gov/l/lot/1/1259/47 |access-date=March 25, 2021 |publisher=New York City Department of City Planning |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110154203/https://zola.planning.nyc.gov/l/lot/1/1259/47 |url-status=live }}{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|2012|ps=.|p=1}} The rectangular land lot covers {{cvt|5025|ft2|m2}}, with a frontage of {{cvt|50|ft}} on 44th Street and a depth of {{cvt|100.42|ft|0}}. The structure occupies most of its lot.{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|2012|ps=.|p=6}} On the same block, the New York City Bar Association Building, Royalton Hotel, Penn Club of New York Building, and General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen Building are to the west, while the Century Association Building is to the south. Other nearby buildings include the Algonquin, Iroquois, and Sofitel New York hotels to the northwest; the New York Yacht Club Building and the Harvard Club of New York City building to the north; and the Aeolian Building, Salmon Tower Building, 500 Fifth Avenue, and 510 Fifth Avenue on the block immediately to the south.

The adjacent block of 44th Street is known as Club Row, which contains several clubhouses.{{Cite news |last=Friedman |first=Andrew |date=January 7, 2001 |title=Neighborhood Report: Midtown; A Bouquet of Boutique Hotels Sprouts Along Club Row |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/07/nyregion/neighborhood-report-midtown-a-bouquet-of-boutique-hotels-sprouts-along-club-row.html |access-date=October 24, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024233452/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/07/nyregion/neighborhood-report-midtown-a-bouquet-of-boutique-hotels-sprouts-along-club-row.html |url-status=live }} When the Mansfield Hotel was developed at the beginning of the 20th century, several other clubhouses were being built in the area.{{cite news |date=September 30, 1900 |title=Street of Clubhouse: the Transformation of a Block Between Fifth and Sixth Aves |page=A2 |work=New-York Tribune |id={{ProQuest|570858730}}}} By the early 1900s, these clubs included the Yale Club, New York Yacht Club, Harvard Club, New York City Bar Association, Century Association,{{Cite news |date=November 23, 1902 |title=Servant Problem Solved |pages=11 |work=New-York Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111801850/servant-problem-solved/ |access-date=October 22, 2022 |via=newspapers.com |archive-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022203054/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111801850/servant-problem-solved/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=November 9, 1902 |title=The Algonquin |pages=7 |work=The Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111805625/the-algonquin/ |access-date=October 22, 2022 |via=newspapers.com |archive-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022212646/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111805625/the-algonquin/ |url-status=live }} and the City Club of New York,{{cite news |date=December 27, 1903 |title=City Club's New Home: to Be Opened in Forty-fourth-st. On New Year's Day |page=A2 |work=New-York Tribune |id={{ProQuest|571391027}}}} all of which remained in the area at the end of the 20th century.{{Cite news |last=Slatin |first=Peter |date=May 9, 1993 |title=Penn's Racing to Join Clubhouse Row |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/09/realestate/penns-racing-to-join-clubhouse-row.html |access-date=October 28, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130071116/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/09/realestate/penns-racing-to-join-clubhouse-row.html |url-status=live }} Prior to the development of the Mansfield Hotel, the neighborhood contained a slaughterhouse, stables for stagecoach horses, and a train yard for the elevated Sixth Avenue Line.{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1987|ps=.|p=2}} There were historically many stagecoach stables on 43rd and 44th Streets between Fifth and Sixth Avenues,{{Cite news |last=Gray |first=Christopher |date=April 1, 2001 |title=Streetscapes/44th Street Between Fifth and Sixth Avenues; In Center for Clubhouses, Remnants of Small Stables |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/01/realestate/streetscapes-44th-street-between-fifth-sixth-avenues-center-for-clubhouses.html |access-date=October 26, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026152644/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/01/realestate/streetscapes-44th-street-between-fifth-sixth-avenues-center-for-clubhouses.html |url-status=live }} but only a few of the stables remained by the end of the 20th century.

The Mansfield Hotel was designed in the Beaux-Arts style{{cite web |last=Newcomer |first=Eric P. |date=August 22, 2012 |title=3 Firehouses Among 6 Buildings Now Designated City Landmarks |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/3-firehouses-among-6-buildings-now-designated-city-landmarks/ |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=City Room |archive-date=September 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930191820/https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/3-firehouses-among-6-buildings-now-designated-city-landmarks/ |url-status=live }} by the architectural firm of Renwick, Aspinwall & Owen (founded by James Renwick Jr.).{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|2012|ps=.|p=4}}{{Cite web |last=Cameron |first=Christopher |date=June 12, 2012 |title=Six new buildings gain landmark status |url=https://therealdeal.com/2012/06/12/six-new-buildings-gain-landmark-status/ |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=December 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203033230/https://therealdeal.com/2012/06/12/six-new-buildings-gain-landmark-status/ |url-status=live }} The structure is 12 stories high and is arranged in an "H" with light courts to the west and east.

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The facade is made of brick and stone and is primarily divided vertically into three bays. The first two stories of the Mansfield's facade are clad with rusticated limestone blocks. The main entrance is through a molded round arch at the center of the facade, which is topped by a cartouche with garlands on either side. On either side of the main entrance are large scrolled brackets, which support a projecting balcony on the second floor. The rest of the first story contains windows, above which a crown molding runs horizontally across the facade at the same level as the second-story balcony. At the second story, the central balcony contains a decorative balustrade with plinths; there is an arched niche immediately behind the balcony. The outer bays of the second story contain ornate iron balconies. Above each of the second-story bays are carved urns and swags, which support oriel windows on the third story; a crown molding runs above the rest of the second story.

The next six and a half stories are clad with brick, and there are stone quoins on either side of the facade. There are three oriel windows on each of the third through eighth stories, which are angled outward. Next to the easternmost bay, there are smaller sash windows on each of the third through ninth stories. On the third story, the center bay contains an iron railing. The oriel windows are decorated with such ornamentation as aediculae, rope moldings, and spandrel panels. The ninth story contains three groups of segmental windows, with paneled columns between them. The upper part of the ninth story is clad with stone, and a projecting cornice runs above the ninth story. Beneath the cornice are large brackets with garlands; smaller brackets with foliate ornamentation; molded rams' heads; and dentils. The top of the cornice contains a metal railing.

The tenth story contains several pairs of windows, with paneled piers and columns between them. Above the tenth story is a copper-and-stone cornice with anthemia, scrolls, and masks. The top two stories are placed within a copper mansard roof clad with slate tiles. The eleventh-story windows are grouped into three dormers, each of which consists of two sash windows. The dormers are surrounded by eared frames and topped by a large segmental arch, which in turn is decorated with rope moldings and cartouches. On either end of the roof, there are stone walls with scrolls and cusps above them.

The hotel's lobby originally contained a coffered ceiling,{{harvnb|Hensler|1997|ps=.|p=42}} which was divided into three rectangular panels with plaster light fixtures.{{cite news |last=Hollander |first=Martin |date=November 9, 1997 |title=City Sleeps; Reservations, Please |page=F09 |work=Newsday |id={{ProQuest|279049356}}}} During the mid-20th century, the original lobby decorations were covered up, and sheetrock walls and a dropped ceiling were installed.{{Cite news |date=June 18, 1995 |title=Postings: $4 Million Restoration for Mansfield Hotel; A Renovation On W. 44th St. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/18/realestate/postings-4-million-restoration-for-mansfield-hotel-a-renovation-on-w-44th-st.html |access-date=April 13, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110154206/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/18/realestate/postings-4-million-restoration-for-mansfield-hotel-a-renovation-on-w-44th-st.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine |last=Hoyt |first=Charles K.  |date=Oct 1996 |title=Hotel Mansfield |url=https://usmodernist.org/AR/AR-1996-10.pdf |page=106 |id={{proQuest|222092529}} |magazine=Architectural Record |access-date=April 13, 2023 |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110184650/https://usmodernist.org/AR/AR-1996-10.pdf |url-status=live }} Following a renovation in the 1990s, the lobby was restored largely to its original design, and a portrait by Tamara de Lempicka was installed. The lobby contains paneled walls and columns topped by sculpted capitals,{{harvnb|Hensler|1997|ps=.|pp=42, 44}} as well as a black reception desk with copper reliefs. On the left (east) side of the lobby is a bank of elevators. On the lobby's right (west) side was a glass-and-metal entrance to the hotel's library, decorated with wooden bookshelves, early-20th-century Philippine furniture, and vintage images.{{harvnb|Hensler|1997|ps=.|p=44}} The space also contains an oval skylight on its ceiling.{{Cite news |last=Reddicliffe |first=Steve |date=February 14, 2013 |title=The M Bar at the Mansfield Hotel |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/14/booming/the-m-bar-at-the-mansfield-hotel.html |access-date=April 13, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110172419/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/14/booming/the-m-bar-at-the-mansfield-hotel.html |url-status=live }} The former library space subsequently contained the M Bar, which opened in 1999.{{Cite news |last=Fabricant |first=Florence |date=September 29, 1999 |title=Off the Menu; Short Orders |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/29/dining/off-the-menu-short-orders.html |access-date=April 13, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112041002/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/29/dining/off-the-menu-short-orders.html |url-status=live }} In addition, there is a small reading lounge next to the lobby.{{Cite news |last=Mendoza |first=George |date=April 30, 2000 |title=Algonquin, Iroquois, Mansfield Hotels Live Up to Legendary Status |pages=81, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111944249/hotels-nyc/ 85] |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111944210/algonquin-iroquois-mansfield-hotels/ |access-date=October 24, 2022 |via=newspapers.com |archive-date=October 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024233452/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111944210/algonquin-iroquois-mansfield-hotels/ |url-status=live }}

A staircase with iron handrails leads from the lobby to the upper stories. The hallways on each story contain terrazzo tiles. By the late 1990s, the hotel contained 129{{Cite magazine |last=Fulsang |first=Deborah |date=Apr 1997 |title=Chic suites: planning a trip to New York? Check in to the new breed of hip, boutique-style hotels geared to the design sensitive |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=156–158 |id={{proQuest|223855361}} |magazine=Flare}}{{Cite news |last=Reynolds |first=Christopher |date=November 2, 1997 |title=New York / New & Improved; a Surge of Revamped Hotels |pages=L, 1:5 |work=Los Angeles Times |id={{proQuest|421387948}}}} or 131 rooms on its upper stories.{{Cite news |last=Deutsch |first=Claudia H. |date=March 26, 1995 |title=Commercial Property/Hotels; At New York Hotels, Things Are Looking Grand |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/18/style/holing-up-in-the-lowest-of-keys-at-new-york-s-jewel-box-hotels.html |access-date=April 13, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110194104/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/18/style/holing-up-in-the-lowest-of-keys-at-new-york-s-jewel-box-hotels.html |url-status=live }} Following the 1990s renovation, each of the rooms contained period furnishings, such as lighting sconces made of etched glass; floors of ebonized wood; granite bathrooms; and iron-and-wire-mesh beds. In addition, some of the rooms retained their original fireplaces. The ninth and tenth stories were used as storage rooms by the late 20th century, although they were converted to duplex lofts after the 1990s renovation. The top story contains a double-story penthouse suite. In 2021, the hotel was converted to a co-living space with communal kitchens; karaoke lounges, within former offices; and patios, inside some of the air shafts.

During the early 19th century, apartment developments in the city were generally associated with the working class, but by the late 19th century, apartments were also becoming desirable among the middle and upper classes.{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|2012|ps=.|p=3}}{{harvnb|Stern|Gilmartin|Mellins|1987|ps=.|p=206}} Between 1880 and 1885, more than ninety apartment buildings were developed in the city.{{cite magazine |date=February 7, 1885 |title=How the Great Apartment Houses Have Paid |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031138_001&page=ldpd_7031138_001_00000152&no=10 |url-status=live |volume=35 |issue=882 |pages=127–128 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506014424/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031138_001&page=ldpd_7031138_001_00000152&no=10 |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |journal=The Real Estate Record: Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide}} Developers of apartment hotels sometimes constructed developments to bypass the Tenement House Law, which restricted the sizes of new apartment buildings. Apartment hotels had less stringent regulations on sunlight, ventilation, and emergency stairs but had to contain communal spaces like dining rooms.{{cite New York 1930|page=207}}{{cite book |last=Ruttenbaum |first=Steven |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ssZPAAAAMAAJ |title=Mansions in the Clouds: The Skyscraper Palazzi of Emery Roth |publisher=Balsam Press |year=1986 |isbn=978-0-917439-09-4 |page=100 |oclc=13665931 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |archive-date=May 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503161647/https://books.google.com/books?id=ssZPAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live }} As a result, developers could provide up to 30 percent more space in an apartment hotel than in a conventional apartment building. The Mansfield Hotel was part of a surge of apartment hotels developed in New York City between 1899, when the New York City government passed new building codes, and 1901, when the Tenement House Law was passed.

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The Mansfield was developed as an apartment hotel by John G. McCullough, who had a house on Park Avenue in Manhattan and briefly served as the governor of Vermont, and Frederick B. Jennings, a lawyer from Vermont who had been McCullough's neighbor in Manhattan. In March 1901, Jennings purchased three stable buildings at 10, 12, and 14 West 44th Street, giving him a site of {{convert|75|by|100|ft}}.{{Cite news |date=March 8, 1901 |title=In the Real Estate Field; No. 146 Fifth Avenue Sold for $100,000 -- Mr. Carnegie Again a Buyer -- Other Dealings. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1901/03/08/archives/in-the-real-estate-field-no-146-fifth-avenue-sold-for-100000-mr.html |access-date=April 13, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110172419/https://www.nytimes.com/1901/03/08/archives/in-the-real-estate-field-no-146-fifth-avenue-sold-for-100000-mr.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=March 8, 1901 |title=Real Estate |page=8 |work=New-York Tribune |id={{ProQuest|570921189}}}} The men hired Renwick, Aspinwall & Owen to design the Hotel Mansfield. That June, the firm submitted plans to the New York City Department of Buildings for a 12-story brick-and-stone hotel on a {{convert|50|by|88|ft|adj=on}} site, to cost $200,000 ({{inflation|fmt=eq|index=US|start_year=1902|value=200000}}).{{cite news |date=June 5, 1901 |title=The Building Department.: List of Plans Filed for New Structures and Alterations. |page=11 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|96103008}}}}{{Cite magazine |date=June 22, 1901 |title=Building Intelligence.: (Reported for the American Architect and Building News.) Advance Rumors. Apartment-houses. Churches. Educational. Factories. Hotels Houses. Libraries. Mercantile Buildings. Office-buildings. Stables. Stores. Warehouses. Miscellaneous. |volume=72 |issue=1330 |page=X |id={{proQuest|124644544}} |magazine=The American Architect and Building News}} In September 1901, D. C. Weeks & Son received the general contract for the hotel's construction.{{cite magazine |date=September 21, 1901 |title=Contracts Awarded |url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_028&page=ldpd_7031148_028_00000465&no=2 |magazine=The Real Estate Record: Real estate record and builders' guide |volume=68 |pages=249 |via=columbia.edu |number=1749 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110172417/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vol=ldpd_7031148_028&page=ldpd_7031148_028_00000465&no=2 |url-status=live }}

The Mansfield opened in 1902.{{harvnb|Landmarks Preservation Commission|2012|ps=.|p=5}} Later the same year, the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club opened its "city clubhouse" at the Mansfield;{{cite news |date=November 2, 1902 |title=Yachting: a New Class for Next Season, the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club Planning It |page=10 |work=New-York Tribune |id={{ProQuest|571263912}}}} the Brown University Club subsequently opened a clubhouse there in 1904.{{cite news |date=February 5, 1904 |title=To Form Empire Trust Company |page=14 |work=New-York Tribune |id={{ProQuest|571526676}}}} The Mansfield became popular among theatrical and artistic personalities, as well as businesspeople. The hotel's early residents included actor Charles Hopkins, painter Charles Hoffbauer,{{Cite news |last=Greene |first=Clay M. |date=February 12, 1911 |title=Timely Chat on Timely Topics |pages=40 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112892829/timely-chat-on-timely-topicsclay-m/ |access-date=April 13, 2023 |archive-date=November 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111175721/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112892829/timely-chat-on-timely-topicsclay-m/ |url-status=live }} United States Rubber Company executive James B. Ford,{{cite news |date=March 30, 1928 |title=James B. Ford, Yachtsman and Financier, Dies: Vice-President of U. S. Rubber Co., 81, Was Commodore of Larchmont Club Director in Many Firms Funeral Services Will Be Held at 2 p. m. To-morrow Mourned by Yachtsmen |page=21 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1113449124}}}} and architect William M. Kendall.{{cite news |date=August 9, 1941 |title=W. M. Kendall Dies; Designed N. Y. Postoffice: Architect for the Municipal Building Helped Plan Old Madison Square Garden |page=8A |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1289113514}}}} In addition, during the 1930s, the Mansfield contained a brokerage office.{{cite news |date=April 5, 1935 |title=Graham & Co. Expansion |page=2 |work=Wall Street Journal |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|128640989}}}}

By the 1930s, the Joseph P. Day Management Corporation operated the hotel, with Walter B. Baer as president and Merritt Moore as the resident manager.{{cite news |date=April 19, 1936 |title=Renovating Hotel: New Lobby and Elevator Equipment for Mansfield in 44th St. |page=RE2 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|101906790}}}} The hotel's owners renovated the Mansfield in 1935,{{cite news |date=September 30, 1935 |title=Real Estate Notes |page=4 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|101345009}}}} making changes to the lobby, elevators, and several suites. In addition, a nightclub called the Mirror Room was built next to the lobby. The club was named after a {{convert|15|by|9|ft|adj=on}} blue mirror installed on the rear wall. The nightclub was decorated with green furnishings and included an entertainment space that contained a semicircular bar, as well as an attached dining room.{{cite magazine |date=May 16, 1936 |title=Night Spots-Orchestra-Music: Night Club Reviews - Mirror Room, Mansfield Hotel, New York |magazine=The Billboard |volume=58 |issue=20 |pages=11 |id={{ProQuest|1032093118}}}}

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McCullough's and Jennings's families sold the Mansfield Hotel to Leonard Wolfe in July 1940 for $225,000; at the time, the hotel was valued at $365,000.{{cite news |date=July 11, 1940 |title=Large Heights Parcel Sold by Mandelbaum: Two Six-Story Apartments on Riverside Drive Blockfront Involved in Deal |page=31 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1249811376}}}} The next year, Leonard Wolfe of the 12 West 44th Street Realty Corporation was recorded as having sold the hotel to Leo Judson of the Hotel Mansfield Corporation.{{cite news |date=October 2, 1941 |title=Real Estate Notes |page=45 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|105745269}}}}{{cite news |date=October 1, 1941 |title=Irving Friend Guivoys Putnam County Estate |page=37 |work=New York Herald Tribune |issn=1941-0646 |id={{ProQuest|1263499097}}}} During the mid-20th century, the hotel's tenants included expressionist painter Vincent Pepi, as well as figures that included a railroad owner and theatrical producers. The lobby was further renovated in the 1960s with the installation of sheetrock walls and a dropped ceiling, although the upper stories largely remained intact.

When Bernard Goldberg acquired the hotel in 1994, he evicted a tavern and a cookie shop so he could enlarge the hotel's lobby.{{cite news |last=Deutsch |first=Claudia H.  |date=May 12, 1996 |title=Commercial Property; Hotels Are Changing Food-Service Recipe |page=11 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/12/realestate/commercial-property-hotels-are-changing-food-service-recipe.html |access-date=April 13, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|2237774046}} |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110194108/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/12/realestate/commercial-property-hotels-are-changing-food-service-recipe.html?searchResultPosition=1 |url-status=live }} At the time, many of the ornate decorations were covered with cheap paint, and the lobby's domed ceiling was hidden above a dropped ceiling.{{Cite news |last=Cummings |first=Debra |date=May 11, 1996 |title=Old 'Dump' Reborn as Boutique Hotel |page=J.3 |work=The Ottawa Citizen |id={{proQuest|240008103}}}} It was one of several boutique hotels that Goldberg operated in New York City during that time. Goldberg decided to renovate the hotel in 1995; he wished to attract not only tourists from Europe but also visitors of the nearby clubhouses, drawing them away from other hotels on the block.{{cite news |last=Deutsch |first=Claudia H.  |date=March 26, 1995 |title=Commercial Property/Hotels; At New York Hotels, Things Are Looking Grand |page=9.1 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/26/realestate/commercial-property-hotels-at-new-york-hotels-things-are-looking-grand.html |access-date=April 13, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|430117800}} |archive-date=May 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526145539/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/26/realestate/commercial-property-hotels-at-new-york-hotels-things-are-looking-grand.html |url-status=live }} Goldberg's company, Gotham Hospitality Group, hired architecture firm Pasanella Klein Stolzman Berg to design a renovation of the Mansfield. The owners cleaned the facade as part of the renovation. The lobby was restored to its original design, and the hotel's library room and guestrooms were also renovated. Goldberg also replaced the hotel's plumbing and wiring systems, although they largely retained the guestrooms' original design, restoring period decorations in each of the rooms.

The hotel reopened in early 1996 after the renovation was completed. Upon its reopening, the Mansfield started hosting recitals in the former tavern space, and it also offered complimentary breakfasts and desserts. The hotel's lobby was too small to accommodate a full-service restaurant. In mid-1998, Goldberg sold the Mansfield Hotel and four others to Credit Suisse First Boston for $130 million.{{cite news |date=July 10, 1998 |title=Five City Hotels Sold for 130m |page=45 |work=New York Daily News |id={{ProQuest|313636434}}}}{{cite news |last=Holusha |first=John |date=August 23, 1998 |title=Commercial Property/Bernard Goldberg, Hotel Innovator; 5 Lodgings Sold, He Seeks a Bigger Challenge |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/23/realestate/commercial-property-bernard-goldberg-hotel-innovator-5-lodgings-sold-he-seeks.html |access-date=April 13, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110194111/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/23/realestate/commercial-property-bernard-goldberg-hotel-innovator-5-lodgings-sold-he-seeks.html |url-status=live }} The M Bar opened within the Mansfield Hotel in September 1999.

By the beginning of the 21st century, the Mansfield was one of several boutique hotels on that block of 44th Street, along with the Algonquin, Iroquois, and Sofitel. Credit Suisse First Boston placed the Mansfield and its other hotels for sale in 2000,{{cite web |title=Credit Suisse First Boston Selling Hotels in Manhattan, Beverly Hills |website=Los Angeles Times |date=January 25, 2000 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-25-fi-57481-story.html |access-date=April 13, 2023 |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110195852/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-25-fi-57481-story.html |url-status=live }} but it still had not found a buyer for the Mansfield three years later.{{Cite news |last=Holusha |first=John |date=October 26, 2003 |title=Commercial Property/East Midtown; New Hotel Seeks Executives on Extended Stays |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/26/realestate/commercial-property-east-midtown-new-hotel-seeks-executives-on-extended-stays.html |access-date=April 13, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=December 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230011645/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/26/realestate/commercial-property-east-midtown-new-hotel-seeks-executives-on-extended-stays.html |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last=Haughney |first=Christine |date=October 13, 2003 |title=Two Manhattan hotels bagged by L.A. investor |magazine=Crain's New York Business |volume=19 |issue=41 |page=4 |id={{ProQuest|219195171}}}} Brad Reiss and John Yoon of Ark Investment Partners acquired the hotel building in 2004, leasing the land from a partnership.{{Cite web |last=Bockmann |first=Rich |date=April 21, 2017 |title=Mansfield Hotel facing foreclosure |url=https://therealdeal.com/2017/04/21/ark-properties-facing-foreclosure-on-mansfield-hotel/ |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110194106/https://therealdeal.com/2017/04/21/ark-properties-facing-foreclosure-on-mansfield-hotel/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=David |date=January 23, 2014 |title=Ark Partners looks to block Mansfield lease termination |url=https://therealdeal.com/2014/01/23/ark-partners-looks-to-block-mansfield-lease-termination/ |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202195008/https://therealdeal.com/2014/01/23/ark-partners-looks-to-block-mansfield-lease-termination/ |url-status=live }} After acquiring the hotel building, Reiss and Yoon announced plans to renovate the Mansfield.{{cite news |last=Holusha |first=John |date=November 27, 2005 |title=A Hotel That's Independent In Spirit and Ownership |page=3.21 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/27/realestate/a-hotel-thats-independent-in-spirit-and-ownership.html |access-date=April 13, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|433194887}} |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110200047/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/27/realestate/a-hotel-thats-independent-in-spirit-and-ownership.html |url-status=live }} Reiss and Yoon obtained a $20 million loan in 2006 and replaced the hotel's library with a bar the following year. The partners spent $8 million on the renovations and $1 million on correcting 34 building-code violations. Initially, the hotel was profitable for Ark, but the Mansfield's profits began to decline after the 2008 financial crisis.

Reiss and Yoon tried to sell the hotel in 2011,{{Cite web |date=March 14, 2011 |title=Shoreham, Mansfield hotels hit the market - The Real Deal |url=https://therealdeal.com/2011/03/14/ark-investment-partners-willow-hotel-portfolio-hits-the-market-including-manhattan-s-shoreham-mansefield-and-franklin-hotels/ |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202074914/https://therealdeal.com/2011/03/14/ark-investment-partners-willow-hotel-portfolio-hits-the-market-including-manhattan-s-shoreham-mansefield-and-franklin-hotels/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |date=March 11, 2011 |title=Quick deal seen for Shoreham and 4 other hotels |url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110311/REAL_ESTATE/110319967/quick-deal-seen-for-shoreham-and-4-other-hotels |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Crain's New York Business |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110194124/https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110311/REAL_ESTATE/110319967/quick-deal-seen-for-shoreham-and-4-other-hotels |url-status=live }} Denihan Hospitality Group agreed to take over the hotel's management in March 2012.{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Richard L. |date=March 19, 2012 |title=Ark Partners Chooses Denihan Hospitality Group to Manage The 126-room Mansfield and The 50-room Franklin in New York City; Brings Denihan Collection in Manhattan to 11 Boutique Luxury Properties / March 2012 |url=https://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2012_1st/Mar12_DenihanNYC.html |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Hotel-Online |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110194106/https://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2012_1st/Mar12_DenihanNYC.html |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |title=Hotel group grows in Manhattan |last=Fickenscher |first=Lisa |volume=28 |issue=12 |date=March 19, 2002 |page=6 |magazine=Crain's New York Business |id={{ProQuest|960800848}}}} The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Mansfield Hotel as a New York City landmark on June 12, 2012.{{cite web |date=June 15, 2012 |title=[Update] Two Hotels in Midtown Designated as Individual Landmarks |url=https://www.citylandnyc.org/two-hotels-in-midtown-designated-as-individual-landmarks/ |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=CityLand |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110172421/https://www.citylandnyc.org/two-hotels-in-midtown-designated-as-individual-landmarks/ |url-status=live }} Reiss and Yoon were unable to pay off the hotel's loan, which went to a special servicer in 2014.{{cite web |last=Voien |first=Guelda |date=August 11, 2014 |title=Two Ark Partners-owned Hotels in Special Servicing |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2014/08/two-ark-partners-owned-hotels-in-special-servicing/ |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Commercial Observer |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110194104/https://commercialobserver.com/2014/08/two-ark-partners-owned-hotels-in-special-servicing/ |url-status=live }} Reiss and Yoon were attempting to sell the property, but the site owners from selling the property the same year. The investor Trevor Atwood expressed interest in acquiring the building for $65 million in partnership with Wall Street Capital Partners.{{Cite web |last=Mashayekhi |first=Rey |date=February 22, 2016 |title=Investor claims partners interfering with $65M hotel deal |url=https://therealdeal.com/2016/02/22/investor-sues-partners-for-allegedly-interfering-in-65m-hotel-deal/ |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=The Real Deal New York |language=en-US |archive-date=November 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130011620/https://therealdeal.com/2016/02/22/investor-sues-partners-for-allegedly-interfering-in-65m-hotel-deal/ |url-status=live }} By 2017, the hotel was in danger of foreclosure,{{cite web |last=Eisen |first=David |date=June 9, 2017 |title=Foreclosed Shoreham in New York up for grabs |url=https://www.hotelmanagement.net/transactions/foreclosed-shoreham-new-york-up-for-grabs |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Hotel Management |archive-date=November 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110200156/https://www.hotelmanagement.net/transactions/foreclosed-shoreham-new-york-up-for-grabs |url-status=live }} placing the planned sale to Atwood in jeopardy. Following a decline in tourism in New York City caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2021, Canadian firm Harrington Housing acquired the Mansfield Hotel and renovated the rooms into co-living spaces, where guests could stay for as little as three days.{{Cite news |last=Hughes |first=C. J. |date=November 2, 2022 |title=As Housing Costs Soar, Co-Living Makes a Comeback |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/02/business/coliving-housing-dorms.html |access-date=April 13, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=February 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228214513/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/02/business/coliving-housing-dorms.html |url-status=live }}

In 1983, the Boston Globe wrote: "Rooms are clean and adequate, but if you want decor, this is not for you."{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Madeline |date=October 30, 1983 |title=Hotel Values in New York City; the Best Little Low-cost Hotels in Manhattan |page=1 |work=Boston Globe |id={{proQuest|294230823}}}} The Montreal Gazette wrote in 1990 that the hotel had a "small, cheerful lobby and smallish, clean and well-furnished rooms".{{Cite news |last=Davis |first=William |date=March 31, 1990 |title=Bargain hotels getting rare in New York but they are available |page=I8 |work=The Gazette |id={{proQuest|431923455}}}} After the 1990s renovation, a writer for Flare magazine said that the renovated hotel's details "create a cosy lair amidst Manhattan's high-energy buzz", while the Los Angeles Times described the hotel as an "intimate, traditional-feeling retreat". Newsday wrote: "The Mansfield is a bit over spec for a boutique, but the atmosphere keeps it in the group."

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