Daytonian in Manhattan

The stories behind the buildings, statues and other points of interest that make Manhattan fascinating.

Friday, April 22, 2022

The Frank J. Dupignac House - 40 East 75th Street

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  According to The Iron Age in 1904, Robert K. Carter "was born at Carter Hall, near Winchester, Va. March 12, 1839."  He graduat...
Thursday, April 21, 2022

The Timothy Phelan House - 319 West 16th Street

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  The change in brick color attests to the addition of a fourth floor in the late 19th century. By the mid-1840's Timothy Phelan and his...
Wednesday, April 20, 2022

The Church of St. Elizabeth of Hungary (Russian Church of the Holy Trinity) - 345 E. 4th Street

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  On December 8, 1891 the Church of St. Elizabeth of Hungary took title to the three-story brick tenement on the north side of East 4th Stre...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2022

The 1910 Turin Apartments - 333 Central Park West

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  The eight, five-story brick houses at the northwest corner of Central Park West and 93rd Street were demolished in 1909 to make way for a ...
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Monday, April 18, 2022

The Lost Schrafft's Building - 61 Fifth Avenue

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photo by Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc,, Architectural Record, Vol. 83, 1939   In 1898, Frank Garrett Shattuck opened an ice cream and candy stor...
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Saturday, April 16, 2022

Charles Rentz's 218 East 27th Street

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  In March 1890, Louis M. Jones purchased the four, four-story stores and tenements at 218 through 224 for $65,000--about $1.9 million in to...
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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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