Daytonian in Manhattan

East 78th Street was opened in 1861, the year that war broke out in the South.  With much of New York City's working class off fighting,...

  In 1842 Nicholas Brinckerhoff completed construction on three Greek Revival houses at 102 through 106 Hammond Street.  Three stories high ...

  In 1846 construction began on the 21-foot-wide brick house at 50 West 13th Street.  Completed the following year, the three-story Italiana...

  Gilbert A. Schellenger was in his mid-30's when he opened his architectural office in New York City around 1880.  He became a favorite...

  from The Manual of the Corporation of the City of New-York, 1853 (copyright expired) John George Leake came to America with his parents, A...

  Charles Welsh was a jeweler, but he augmented his income through real estate development--much of it in the rapidly transforming district ...

  Around 1871 the row of four prim brick-faced homes were completed at 404 through 410 East 85th Street.  Each just 16-feet-wide, they were ...