Daytonian in Manhattan

The stories behind the buildings, statues and other points of interest that make Manhattan fascinating.

Saturday, January 31, 2026

The Cornelius Graham House - 218 West 20th Street

The door at lower right originally opened into a horsewalk. photograph by Beyond My Ken The families of Samuel Dearborn and John Gould s...

Friday, January 30, 2026

The 1892 Francis J. Schnugg House - 127 East 95th Street

In 1890, real estate operator Francis Joseph Schnugg completed construction of eight rowhouses on East 95th Street. Designed by Frank Wen...

Thursday, January 29, 2026

345-347 East Ninth Street

In the 1850s, waves of European immigrants began changing the demographics and personality of the East Village. To accommodate the explodin...

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

The 1839 Thomas Macfarlan House - 102 East 10th Street

In 1836, Peter Gerard Stuyvesant and his sister, Elizabeth Stuyvesant Fish, established the outlines of a double-wide lot that would becom...

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Rosario Candela's 1926 607 West End Avenue

image via streeteasy.com Real estate developer Bernard Wilson commissioned the architectural firm of Thom & Wilson in 1887 to design ...

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About Me

Tom Miller: Born in Dayton, Ohio, I relocated to New York city in 1978. An author, blogger, lecturer and historian, I have written the histories of more than 5,000 locations in Manhattan (as of March 2025). I am the author of "Seeking New York" and "Seeking Chicago," and contributed to several other books, and consulted for pieces in Architectural Digest, The New York Times, and similar publications..

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