Daytonian in Manhattan

  photograph by Carole Teller In 1851, construction of a long row of brick-faced townhouses was completed on East 19th Street between First ...

  In 1849,  Edwin Forrest was the reigning American tragedian, the position held in England by Irish-born William Macready.    A fierce riva...

  In 1843 a row of Greek Revival homes was completed along the northern side of East 19th Street between Irving Place and Third Avenue.  Thr...

  Around 1851 Lothrop L. Sturges moved his family into the recently completed house at 75 East 19th Street (renumbered 116 in 1865).  Like t...

  As early as 1852 a 25-foot-wide, three-story brick house stood at 131 East 19th Street, a block south of fashionable Gramercy Square.  Rea...