Hotel Verite (New York City, New York)

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4-story Neo-Grec/modern hotel originally completed in 1844 as a converted shop and dwelling. This L-shaped building, which wraps around the corner's Gorham Building, was originally a 3.5-story, gabled-roof structure fronting Broadway. It was leased to a sculptor named Ottaviano Gori, who lived and worked there. Around 1857 a 2-story shop was erected on the 19th Street portion of the lot. Over the next twenty years two additional stories were added to the 19th Street building while the attic story of the Broadway building was taken down and the building was extended twenty-three feet at the rear.

In 1873-74 the two buildings were joined and given matching cast-iron fronts in the then-fashionable neo-Grec style, and leased to a dry goods company. Lord & Taylor took over in 1908, altering the ground floor storefront on Broadway to match its adjoining building at 895-901 Broadway. In 1915, following Lord & Taylor's move uptown, the building was converted to manufacturing.

The building continued to be used for manufacturing until 1975 when it was taken over by the Dumont Camera Company. In 2011, it was converted and opened as the Hotel Verite,a boutique hotel with 21 guest rooms.