Vivienne Gucwa
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Merchant's House Museum.
New York City.
"Merchant's House Museum, known formerly as Old Merchant's House and as the Seabury Tredwell House, is a Federal-style red-brick row house built in 1832 by Joseph Brewster. It is located at 29 East Fourth Street, between Lafayette Street and the Bowery, Manhattan, New York City. It was designed by Minard Lafever. It became a museum in 1936 and is the only nineteenth century family home in New York City preserved intact - both inside and outside.
In 1835 it became the home of Seabury Tredwell, a wealthy New York merchant, and his family. Tredwell's daughter, Gertrude, was born in 1840 and lived in the house until her death in an upstairs bedroom in 1933. Three years later, the perfectly preserved house opened to the public as a museum. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
The building's facade is reminiscent of earlier Federal-style homes, but the interior, especially the formal double parlors, represent New York's finest example of Greek revival architecture. The interior also contains the Tredwell family's original furnishings, including pieces from prominent New York cabinetmakers, like Duncan Phyfe and Joseph Meeks..
Considered one of the finest surviving Greek Revival rowhouses in America, the house is a miraculous survivor of old New York. Located in the once ultra-elegant Bond Street area, Tredwell purchased the house for the sum of $18,000 in 1835.
The house is important for its outstanding collection of original furnishings, decorative objects, magnificently preserved 19th century clothing and other personal effects of the Tredwell family. Stepping through the front portal is stepping into a time when New York City was becoming the most important seaport in North America and the house reflects these fortunate circumstances."
Merchant's House Museum 50
Merchant's House Museum.
New York City.
"Merchant's House Museum, known formerly as Old Merchant's House and as the Seabury Tredwell House, is a Federal-style red-brick row house built in 1832 by Joseph Brewster. It is located at 29 East Fourth Street, between Lafayette Street and the Bowery, Manhattan, New York City. It was designed by Minard Lafever. It became a museum in 1936 and is the only nineteenth century family home in New York City preserved intact - both inside and outside.
In 1835 it became the home of Seabury Tredwell, a wealthy New York merchant, and his family. Tredwell's daughter, Gertrude, was born in 1840 and lived in the house until her death in an upstairs bedroom in 1933. Three years later, the perfectly preserved house opened to the public as a museum. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
The building's facade is reminiscent of earlier Federal-style homes, but the interior, especially the formal double parlors, represent New York's finest example of Greek revival architecture. The interior also contains the Tredwell family's original furnishings, including pieces from prominent New York cabinetmakers, like Duncan Phyfe and Joseph Meeks..
Considered one of the finest surviving Greek Revival rowhouses in America, the house is a miraculous survivor of old New York. Located in the once ultra-elegant Bond Street area, Tredwell purchased the house for the sum of $18,000 in 1835.
The house is important for its outstanding collection of original furnishings, decorative objects, magnificently preserved 19th century clothing and other personal effects of the Tredwell family. Stepping through the front portal is stepping into a time when New York City was becoming the most important seaport in North America and the house reflects these fortunate circumstances."