Description: Vintage/Antique Waterbury Button Co. Governor Clinton Hotel Crest New York Condition is "Used". Size 1” round As found condition nice patina, will be listing other buttons The hotel was named for George Clinton (1739-1812), the first governor of New York State (1777-1795 and 1801-1804). New York City Skyscrapers, by Richard Panchyk, 2010, has the following, "Hotel Governor Clinton. Built in 1929 in the Italian Renaissance style, the Governor Clinton had 32 floors and was 378 feet high. Present at the opening banquet were Gov. Franklin Roosevelt and former governor Al Smith along with Mayor Jimmy Walker. Located at the corner of Thirty-first Street and Seventh Avenue (across from Pennsylvania Station), the Governor Clinton was named after former governor and vice president George Clinton and was designed by Murgatroyd and Ogden." In 1967 the name of the hotel changed to Penn Garden Hotel, and then in 1974 it became Southgate Tower. Around 2004 the name changed again: to Affinia Manhattan. Some information on Waterbury Button Company -The Short story Prior to 1812, the United States military buttons were made in England. In 1812 we went to war with the British and the only way they were willing to deliver our buttons was through the business end of a cannon. To solve this little problem, Aaron Benedict established the Waterbury Button Company in 1812. The very best place to produce brass buttons was, of course, the "Brass Capital of The World"; Waterbury Connecticut from which the newly formed company adopted it's name. After the War of 1812, the company was retained to make the metal buttons for branches of the U.S. Military forces because of their demonstrated ability to reliably deliver the highest quality products. These same abilities earned them more and more contracts from around the world. The company has never lost those incredible attributes of reliability and consistent high quality. As a result, they continue in operation today as the oldest metal button manufacturer in the United States. Their complete operation is still maintained in Connecticut and they continue to make metal buttons for just about everybody in the world. Just a partial list includes the fashion houses like Liz Claiborne, Donna Karen, & J C. Penny, Ralph Lauren and Brooks Brothers. They make the buttons for Disney Cruise Line, the Masters Golf Tournament, and most every railroad, state police department, and fire department across the United States. They even made buttons for all of the White Star Lines ships including the Titanic as well as the military buttons formany foreign countries. Keep in mind the shipping price also covers handling fees, packaging materials & time, not just postage. Shipping Calculator is often wrong please contact me for an accurate international shipping price. See our eBay store for thousands of our other items. B2
Price: 25 USD
Location: Saint Louis, Missouri
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