Daytonian in Manhattan

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Showing posts with label east 80th street. Show all posts

Showing posts with label east 80th street. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

The 1900 Samuel Haas Mansion - 15 East 80th Street

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

Friday, October 24, 2025

The John Langdon Erving House - 62 East 80th Street

John Langdon Erving was 38 years old when he was "very quietly" married to Alice H. Rutherford on November 4, 1904. The wedding...

Thursday, October 2, 2025

The Hiram and Rosalind Bloomingdale Mansion - 11 East 80th Street

Born in 1875, Hiram Collenberger Bloomingdale was one of three sons of Lyman Bloomingdale, co-founder of Bloomingdale Brothers' depart...

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 ...

Thursday, September 11, 2025

The 1884 Heinrich and Rosa Richter House - 52 East 80th Street

Terence Farley was one of the most prolific New York City developers of the late 19th century. In 1883 he commissioned the equally busy 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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