Daytonian in Manhattan

  photograph by Momos As early as 1884, the city's government had outgrown the 1812 City Hall building.  Plans for a Municipal Building...

  Samuel Paul Haas was president of Haas Brothers Ladies Tailoring Co.  On October 30, 1898, he and his wife, Isabella, purchased the 21-foo...

  On April 17, 1902, The New York Times reported that Benjamin Mordecai had purchased the recently completed limestone-faced mansion at 319...

The centered show window replaced a vast carriage bay.   image via the NYC Dept of Records & Information Services As early as 1873, J. O...

To the left of 2 East 87th Street is the John Phipps house , erected simultaneously.  photo by Wurts Bros. from the collection of the Museum...