Daytonian in Manhattan

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

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Showing posts with label metropolitan museum historic district. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

The Margaret Delprat Remsen Mansion - 3 East 80th Street

William W. Hall erected lavish speculative mansions on the Upper East and West Sides in the 1890s and early 1900s. He often commissioned ...

Friday, May 17, 2024

The Eugene and Josephine Arnstein House - 16 East 80th Street

image via streeteasy.com Developer Anthony Mowbray began construction of a trio of high-stooped rowhouses at 16 through 20 East 80th Stree...

Thursday, October 7, 2021

The John Prentice Kellogg House - 9 East 82nd Street

photo via streeteasy.com In 1894 architect Henry Anderson designed a row of four dignified rowhouses on East 82nd Street, between Fifth an...

Friday, September 24, 2021

The Edward J. King, Jr. Mansion - 7 East 82nd Street

In 1895 real estate developer Daniel Hennessy completed an elegant row of four 25-foot-wide homes at 7 through 15 East 82nd Street, betwee...

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

The James F. A. Clark House (Goethe House) - 1014 Fifth Avenue

William W. and Thomas M. Hall were prolific developers at the turn of the last century. At a time when millionaires were lining Fifth A...

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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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