The St. Nicholas Hotel was a 600-room, mid-nineteenth century luxury hotel on Broadway in the neighborhood of SoHo in Manhattan, New York City.[1] It opened on January 6, 1853, and by the end of the year had expanded to 1,000 rooms.[2] The St. Nicholas raised the bar for a new standard of lavish appointments for a luxury hotel.[3] It was the first New York City building to cost over US$1 million.[2][4][5] The hotel was said to have ended the Astor House's preeminence in New York hostelry.[6]