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Shelburne Hotel (Atlantic City)

Coordinates: 39°21′21″N 74°26′3″W / 39.35583°N 74.43417°W

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Shelburne Hotel
Shelburne Hotel, Atlantic City, circa 1913

Alternative names	The Skyscraper By The Sea
General information
Location	Michigan Avenue and the Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Address	Park Place & The Boardwalk
Coordinates	39°21′21″N 74°26′3″W / 39.35583°N 74.43417°W / 39.35583; -74.43417
Estimated completion	1930
Opening	December 1922
Renovated	1977
Owner	TJM Properties
Technical details
Floor count	24
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Warren and Wetmore
Other information
Number of rooms	400
Number of suites	400
Parking	500



U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places

Location within Atlantic County. Inset: Location of Atlantic County within New Jersey.
Built	1922
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival
NRHP reference No.	78001733^[1]
NJRHP No.	^[2]
Added to NRHP	May 19, 1978

The Shelburne Hotel was a resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey located at Michigan Avenue and the Boardwalk. Built and opened in 1869, the hotel was originally a wood-frame cottage. Following several expansions, under the direction of hotel manager Jacob Weikel, a modern, brick-faced, steel frame, multistory structure was constructed along Michigan Avenue at the corner with the Boardwalk. This portion of the hotel opened in 1926. The hotel was an example of Georgian Revival architecture and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1]^[3]

History

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The Shelburne Hotel gained a reputation as a home to entertainers and celebrities, due to its close proximity to Atlantic City's famed Warner Theater, including among them businessman "Diamond Jim" Brady and his companion, actress and singer Lillian Russell; composer and singer George M. Cohan; British actress Lillie Langtry; composer Irving Berlin; actress Ethel Barrymore; composer and conductor John Philip Sousa; and entertainer Al Jolson.

Despite its tower addition in 1926, the Shelburne was a relatively small hotel in comparison to Atlantic City's much bigger resorts such as the Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Hotel, Traymore, and Claridge. This coupled with the Great Depression bankrupted the hotel in 1931. It would pass through a series of owners until being taken over by the United States Army during World War II, then passing into ownership of the Malamut family who briefly revived the hotels success in the 1950s with several renovation and motel expansions.

After the legalization of casino gambling in 1975, the Shelburne once again became hot property, as with most hotels in Atlantic City at the time. The Malamut family closed the resort in 1978 after leasing it to Japanese investors Rocky Aoki and Takashi Sasakawa, owners of the Benihana restaurant chain, who planned to keep the existing hotel as well as add a 31-story tower and casino calling it the Benihana Casino-Hotel.^[4] In 1983, work crews began to renovate the hotel, however, disagreements between the Malamut family, the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, and outside investors led Aoki and Sasakawa to abandon the project after investing over $25 million in construction and renovations.^[5] Sasakawa was the son of noted Japanese philanthropist Ryoichi Sasakawa, who had links with the Yakuza.^[6] Aoki and Sasakawa had also faced charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission for insider trading in the stock of Hardwicke Companies, which had planned to manage the hotel/casino.^[7]

In 1984, the site was acquired by Blumenfeld Development Corp. and the hotel was demolished. In 1986, a groundbreaking was held for the intended construction of the Carousel Club Hotel Casino (originally called Carnival Club Hotel Casino^[8]). However, the company did not obtain sufficient financing and after foreclosure the property was sold to Bally's Manufacturing Corp., which built Bally's Wild Wild West Casino in 1997.^[9]^[10]^[11]

References

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Atlantic County" (PDF). NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office. January 10, 2010. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2006. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
^ Historic American Buildings Survey Archived 2014-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ Japanese to open casino New York Times News Service July 12, 1978
^ Quaker Resort
^ Beyond the Mafia: Organized Crime in the Americas edited by Sue Mahan, Katherine O'Neil ISBN 9780761913597 [1]
^ Benihana owner hit on insider stock deal AP July 24, 1980
^ Blumenfeld Development v. Carnival Cruise Lines, 669 F. Supp. 1297 (E.D. Pa. 1987) District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania "Blumenfeld Development v. Carnival Cruise Lines, 669 F. Supp. 1297 - CourtListener.com". Archived from the original on 2014-04-12. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
^ A Festive Groundbreaking For A.C.'s 14th Casino-hotel By Mike Schurman, Special to The Inquirer October 30, 1986 [2]
^ Blumenfeld Bargaining To Avert Foreclosures On 2 Sites By Susan Warner, Inquirer Staff Writer January 30, 1989 [3]
^ Fitzgerald, Alison; Turcol, Thomas (1994-12-30). "A Casino Land Sale Reveals How A.C. Prices Have Sunk". Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on January 2, 2016.

Casinos and hotels in Atlantic City, New Jersey

Casinos

Boardwalk	Bally's Caesars Hard Rock Ocean Resorts Tropicana
Marina	Borgata Golden Nugget Harrah's
Former	Atlantic Club Sands Trump Plaza Trump World's Fair
Canceled	Camelot Dunes Penthouse Pinnacle Atlantic City Sahara Other
Owners	Bally's Corporation Caesars Entertainment Gaming and Leisure Properties Hard Rock International Landry's MGM Resorts International Vici Properties

Non-casino hotels

Boardwalk	Atlantic Palace The Chelsea The Claridge Hotel Flagship Resort Atlantic City Showboat
Other	Courtyard by Marriott Econo Lodge Howard Johnson's Madison Sheraton Wyndham Skyline Tower
Former	Ambassador Breakers Brighton Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Dennis Holiday Inn Marlborough-Blenheim Mayflower President Ritz-Carlton St. Charles Sea-View Senator Shelburne Traymore United States

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Atlantic County, New Jersey
Landmarks	Atlantic City Convention Hall Lucy the Elephant
Districts	Bay Front Historic District Bethlehem Loading Company Mays Landing Plant Archeological Historic District Estellville Glassworks Historic District Linwood Historic District Marven Gardens Historic District Mays Landing Historic District Port Republic Historic District John Stafford Historic District
Places of worship	Church of the Ascension Church of the Redeemer Head of the River Church Jacobus Evangelical Lutheran Church Mays Landing Presbyterian Church St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church
Houses	Capt. Francis Babcock House William L. Black House John Doughty House Dr. Jonathan Pitney House Jeremiah II or Edward Risley House Somers Mansion
Buildings	Barclay Court Belcoville Post Office Amanda Blake Store Egg Harbor Commercial Bank Great Egg Coast Guard Station Holmhurst Hotel Linwood Borough School No. 1 Madison Hotel Morton Hotel Pleasant Mills Samuel Richards Hotel Santa Rita Apartments Segal Building Shelburne Hotel Smithville Apothecary Ventnor City Hall
Sites	Neutral Water Health Resort Sanitarium
Structures	Absecon Lighthouse Capt. John Jeffries Burial Marker Robert J. Walker Weymouth Weymouth Road Bridge World War I Memorial
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Atlantic County, New Jersey and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey

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