John B. Moreau House

14 East 2nd Street | East Village | built 1900

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

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1836
A Greek Revival rowhouse rises at 14 East 2nd Street
Builder Ephraim H. Wentworth erected the two-and-a-half-story Greek Revival rowhouse around 1835-36, part of a long row of Flemish-bond brick homes he put up along the block. Its 1836 doorway, with sidelights and a transom, and its broad fascia board survive intact today.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1859
Book collector John B. Moreau founds the Bradford Club
Wholesale grocer John B. Moreau, who moved into No. 14 in 1851 with his wife Anne Ferris, founded the Bradford Club in 1859, a society for book collectors that a later profile called one of America's foremost. He kept his library of New York history and American autographs inside the house.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1886
Moreau's death sends his renowned library to auction
After John B. Moreau's death in 1886, his widow Anne left the house and his celebrated collection of books and autographs was sold at auction through Bangs & Co., ending the Moreau family's decades-long residence at No. 14.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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