The Howard Hotel, also referred to as Howard's Hotel or the Howard House, was a well-known New York City hotel in the mid-19th century, located in Lower Manhattan at the corner of Broadway and Maiden Lane (176 Broadway).

[5] They were sons of John Howard, who long operated a hotel in Burlington, Vermont.

[8] The hotel owners locked up the servants to prevent press leaks, so the wedding took the world by surprise.

[9] Later African-American politician Tunis Campbell was the principal waiter at the hotel for some time (at least from 1842–45), and later wrote a well-regarded 1848 guide to hotel management.

[10] The hotel was among those which the "Confederate Army of Manhattan" attempted to burn down in November 1864.