Daytonian in Manhattan

  photograph by acronson Born on February 7, 1856, Dr. Charles Remsen was the grandson of Benjamin Remsen, who served as secretary to Thomas...

    photograph by Farragutful On the evening of September 4, 1887, fire broke out on the second floor of the tenement building at 552 West 5...

  photograph by Jim Henderson Around 1847 when he was 16 years old, Simon Zinn left his native Bavaria.  Upon arriving in New York City, he ...

  48 St. Mark's Place originally would have been similar to the house to the left. photograph by the author The recently built Greek Rev...

  In 1854, Benjamin Wheeler Merriam erected his brownstone-fronted mansion at 312 Fifth Avenue.  Born in 1803 in New Hampshire, Merriam had ...

  photograph by the author Until 1955, two identical brownstone-fronted apartment buildings stood at 109 and 111 East 87 th Street.   In 19...