House of Death

14 West 10th Street | Greenwich Village | built 1855

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

1. 1855

   A Greek Revival rowhouse rises on West 10th Street

   Developer Clinton Gilbert built the red-brick, brownstone-trimmed house in 1854 and 1855. It was originally numbered 56 West 10th Street, changing to its present number 14 in an 1868 renumbering.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

2. 1900

   Mark Twain moves into his favorite New York house

   Samuel Clemens rented the house for a year, and his daughter later recalled the "atmosphere of adulation" among guests at the lavish entertaining there. During his stay Twain took a cab driver to court over a fifty-cent overcharge, a case that cost the driver his license.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

3. 1987

   Lisa Steinberg is beaten to death in a second-floor apartment

   Joel Steinberg fatally beat his six-year-old daughter, Lisa, inside his second-floor apartment. The killing shocked the city and became one of its most notorious cases of child abuse.

   Source: Ephemeral New York

Further reading

• Mark Twain, Tragedy and Ghosts -- 14 West 10th StreetDaytonian in Manhattan
• Then & Now photos: 14 West 10th StreetVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
• The “House of Death” in Greenwich VillageEphemeral New York

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