The New Yorker, January 1, 1944 P. 25
PROFILE of Hugh G. Flood, a retired house-wrecking contractor, aged ninety-three who is determined to live until the afternoon of July 27, 1965, when he will be 115 years old. The Hartford, where he lives, a a for-men-only establishment, on the southwest corner of Pearl and Ferry Streets, down in the old city. The Hartford is the oldest hotel in continuous operation in the city. It was opened in 1836 as the Pearl Street House; the name was changed in the late 60s, when steamboats from Hartford and New England ports docked nearby in Peck Slip. The proprietress of the hotel is Mrs. James Donald whose family owned the place for 50 years.
