Daytonian in Manhattan

As the turn of the last century approached, Oliver Gould Jennings ranked among the wealthiest and most influential of Manhattan’s c...

When John Wood erected his handsome Federal-style residence at No. 74 Franklin Street in 1815, the neighborhood was quiet and refined.  ...

In the 1820s the 19-foot wide house at No. 75 Franklin Street was home to the Rev. David Patterson.   Described by The Magazine of t...

The blocks of Broadway just south of Canal Street saw incredible change during the 19 th century.  In the 1830s and through the mid-18...

A romanticized etching appeared in A. Costello's Our Firemen: A History of the New York Fire Department in 1887 (copyright expired) ...