Daytonian in Manhattan

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Friday, January 9, 2026

The 1860 Jonas and Henrietta Phillips House - 36 West 12th Street

Fr ederick P. James was the head of the banking and brokerage firm of F. P. James & Co. In 1854, he erected three upscale homes on the ...

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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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