Showing posts with label Federal architecture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Federal architecture. Show all posts
Saturday, June 6, 2026

The Mori Restaurant Building - 144-146 Bleecker Street

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  In 1830, Thomas E. Davis began erecting what would be fashionable homes on both sides of Bleecker Street between Thompson and Laurens Stre...
Saturday, May 23, 2026

The 1826 Abraham B. Vanderpoel House - 38 Dominick Street

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  photo via New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission In 1821 the by-then fetid canal, originally established to drain the swampy Lisp...
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Monday, May 4, 2026

The Lost Julius W. Tiemann House - 2648 Broadway

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  When Herman Newell Tiemann (son of Julius) took this photograph in 1901, the end of venerable house was near.  from the collection of the ...
Monday, February 16, 2026

The Lost William Devoe House - 84 Carmine Street

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  The extension of Seventh Avenue resulted in a chamfered corner.  from the collection of the New-York Historical Society. Construction of ...
Thursday, February 12, 2026

The Ideal Hosiery Building - 339 Grand Street

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  photograph by Carole Teller John Jacob Astor I amassed $250,000 in the fur trade by 1800 (nearly $6.5 million in 2026).  He turned to real...
Saturday, December 27, 2025

The John M. Roesch House - 247 East Houston Street

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  Mary Ellison Lacour occupied the recently-built two-and-a-half story house at 247 East Houston Street in 1834.  She was the widow of Peter...