Daytonian in Manhattan

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

Monday, July 24, 2023

The Lost John Hardenbrook Farmhouse - 63rd Street and York Avenue

When lithographer Major & Knapp published this view of the estate in 1865, the caption erroneously placed it at 73rd Street. from th...

Saturday, July 22, 2023

The 1846 George Little House - 53 Jane Street

photograph by the author George Schott made his living as a tobacconist, but augmented his income with Greenwich Village real estate. In ...

Friday, July 21, 2023

The Remodeled Rev. Howard Crosby House - 116 East 19th Street

Around 1851 Lothrop L. Sturges moved his family into the recently completed house at 75 East 19th Street (renumbered 116 in 1865). Like t...

Thursday, July 20, 2023

The Alexander Clinton House - 358 West 20th Street

photo by the author James N. Wells began his career as a carpenter-builder in Greenwich Village. He branched out into real estate in 1819, ...

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

J. F. Miller's 1889 318 through 322 West 115th Street

Real estate developer P. H. McManus was busy erecting rows of handsome homes in the rapidly developing Harlem district in the late 19th ce...

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About Me

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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