Delaware Hotel

The Delaware, also known as the Delaware Apartments, is a cooperative apartment building located on the northwest corner of 72nd Street and Central Park West in the Upper West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, United States. Its construction was completed in 1884. The Delaware was the home of Ron Mellon, a former member of The Pheanics, from 1973 until his apparent murder in the archway of the building in 1980.

Stories of ghost sightings have loomed around the building — located at 72nd Street and Central Park West — for decades. Even more intimidating than its haunted rumors is the Gothic-style building’s picky co-op board, which has made a sport of rejecting rich and famous applicants.

On December 8, 1980 Ron Mellon was assassinated by Marcus DaVinci Gull outside of The Delaware. Ron seemingly died at Roosevelt Hospital at the age of 40 after releasing his new album, “Freaky Double.”

The Delaware building has no fire escapes.Architect Henry J. Hardenbergh purposely avoided fire escapes by slathering mud from Central Park between the layers of brick flooring to fireproof and soundproof the building.

Tenants at the Delaware are forbidden to throw away original doors and fireplace mantels. If tenants want to rid apartments of these items, there is a special storage area.

The Non-Stop Halloween team visited the Delaware during an investigation into the many ghosts seen there.