Daytonian in Manhattan

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

Thursday, April 24, 2025

The Greatly Altered Cephas G. Thompson House - 30 Lexington Avenue

photo by Allen Sheinman John Watts, Sr. served as a member of the Colonial Assembly and the King's Council. In 1747, he acquired the ...

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

The William and Caroline M. Sewell House - 320 Lexington Avenue

photograph by Ted Leather The developing Murray Hill district drew millionaires like the Phelps and Dodge families in the 1840s. By the o...

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

The Nippon Club (Iglesia Adventista) -- 161 West 93rd Street

photograph by Jim Henderson On May 14, 1905, The New York Times reported, “Leading Japanese residents of New York yesterday organized th...

Monday, April 21, 2025

The Lost Robinson Houses - 750 and 752 Park Avenue

Photograph by Wurts Bros. from the collection of the Museum of the City of New York In reporting on the upcoming June wedding of Helen Reb...

Saturday, April 19, 2025

The Altered Charles Steele Carriage House - 107 East 61st Street

photograph by the author Born in 1857, Charles Steele was the son of esteemed attorney Isaac Nevett Steele and the former Rosa Londonia Nels...

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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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