110 East 10th Street

East Village | built 1867

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1867

    May 1

    James Mulry leases land from Hamilton Fish to build 110 East 10th Street

    Developer James Mulry signs a lease dated May 1, 1867, with U.S. Senator Hamilton Fish for the ground under 110 East 10th Street, paying $200 a year. Scottish-born brothers David and John Jardine design the four-story Italianate rowhouse, built of red brick with brownstone trim for about $6,000.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  2. 1903

    November 25

    A relative of President Grant is charged with abducting a 16-year-old at the house

    James H. Grant, a one-legged telephone company employee and relative of President Ulysses S. Grant, takes rooms here in October 1903 with Madeline J. Schlamp, the 16-year-old daughter of a neighbor. On November 25 her father and a police detective find the pair at the house, and Grant is charged with abduction.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1908

    February 10

    A former lodger known as Queenie is fatally shot on a Second Avenue streetcar

    On February 10, 1908, Annie Conning, known as "Queenie" and an occasional guest at the boarding house, is shot in the heart on a streetcar after a night out. A pistol fires from inside Mabel Cuzzie's muff, and the coroner says the shooting seems accidental but needs more investigation. Mrs. Matthew Callahan, who runs the house, identifies the body at the morgue.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 1923

    February 13

    Designer Hazel Slaughter wins a scholarship to study Egyptian art in Egypt

    Fashion designer Hazel Slaughter of 110 East 10th Street is awarded a scholarship at the International Silk Show that lets her travel to Egypt to study Egyptian art. The trip follows the excitement over the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb, which is expected to influence women's fashion.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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