tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post5162742763675481612..comments2024-03-28T18:01:17.304-07:00Comments on Daytonian in Manhattan: A Careworn Building with a Venerable Past - 361 Greenwich StreetTom Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-46538674444072873742019-07-06T17:33:36.901-07:002019-07-06T17:33:36.901-07:00What a difference a letter makes. Fascinating ind...What a difference a letter makes. Fascinating indeed. Thanks for clarification.The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-12080099801664191632019-07-06T10:23:58.718-07:002019-07-06T10:23:58.718-07:00Surprisingly, the "D" in Isaiah Rodgers&...Surprisingly, the "D" in Isaiah Rodgers's last name makes a big difference. Rodgers was a builder, responsible for several such brick-faced homes in the downtown area. He may or may not have designed his structures, that information has been lost. However he was not the same D-less Isaiah Rogers who created those magnificent structures you mentioned.Tom Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-48417038478362142472019-07-06T08:15:28.570-07:002019-07-06T08:15:28.570-07:00I assume Isaiah Rodgers was the noted architect Is...I assume Isaiah Rodgers was the noted architect Isaiah Rogers, who was working in New York at the time, and designed the Astor House hotel? He also designed the Middle Dutch,or Middle Collegiate, church in Lafayette Place, which interests me particularly as Rogers's diaries for 1839 describe a trip to the village where I live in Maine, where he procured the granite for the Church.The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.com