Daytonian in Manhattan

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

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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

The Wesson-Leland Mansion - 123 East 79th Street

Eufrasia Aguilar Leland and Emma Martha Leland were born in 1836 and 1844 respectively, two of the nine children born to Francis Smith Lel...

Monday, February 20, 2023

The Lost John Aitken House - 72 East 56th Street

photo by Wurts Bros. from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York On March 25, 1881 Luke and Martha A. Slater purchased the ...

Saturday, February 23, 2019

The Ralph Pulitzer House - 17 East 73rd Street

Someone thought it would be a good idea to paint the limestone at the entrance level gray. It wasn't. Although only steps from Fi...

Thursday, October 19, 2017

The John Russell Pope House - 4 East 81st Street

Brothers William B. and Ambrose M. Parsons hired architects Thom & Wilson to design a row of 11 brownstone residences on East 81...

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

The John Iselin House -- No. 59 East 79th Street

By the end of the 1870s the northern side of the 79 th Street block between Madison and Park Avenues was lined with middle-class h...

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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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