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Showing posts with label jones street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jones street. Show all posts
Saturday, September 27, 2025

The 1844 Cornelius G. Vanriper House - 28 Jones Street

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  In 1843, construction of a row of Greek Revival-style homes along Jones Street near Bleecker Street was commenced.  Although essentially i...
Wednesday, August 13, 2025

The 1844 Stephen and Jane Webster House - 30 Jones Street

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  In 1794, Dr. Gardiner Jones laid out a short lane in Greenwich Village and gave t he block-long road his own name--Jones Street.    Half a...
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Wednesday, February 26, 2025

The 1844 Abram Bassford House - 26 Jones Street

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  Jane S. Paradise moved into the three-story house at 26 Jones Street in 1844 at a time when  Greek Revival was nudging aside the Federal s...
Friday, June 2, 2017

The Chas. Miller House - 31 Jones Street

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The original entrance was directly above the industrial lighting fixture.   In 1825 Charles Miller purchased the large house at the cor...
Saturday, May 13, 2017

The John Brower House - 281 Bleecker Street

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John Brower worked as an "assessor" for the City of New York in the 1820s.   When the "Walks in Columbia Street from Gran...
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Thursday, July 28, 2016

No. 20 Jones Street

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In 1794 Dr. Gardiner Jones laid out a short lane in Greenwich Village.   The block-long road took his name, becoming Jones Street...
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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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