Campbell Apartment

The Campbell is a bar and cocktail lounge in Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

The space was first leased in 1923 by John W. Campbell from William Kissam Vanderbilt II, whose family built the terminal.

Campbell commissioned Augustus N. Allen, an architect known for designing estates on Long Island and town houses in Manhattan, to build an opulent office, transforming the room into a 13th-century Florentine palace with a hand-painted plaster of paris ceiling, leaded windows, and a mahogany balcony with a quatrefoil design.

Campbell added a piano and pipe organ, and at night turned his office into a reception hall, entertaining 50 or 60 friends who came to hear famous musicians play private recitals.

[4] The Campbell Apartment lost its lease in June 2016 after a protracted battle with its landlord and closed its doors at the end of the following month.