Angus McDearmid House
156 West 11th Street | West Village | built 1845
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1845
James Boorman sells the narrow new house at 156 West 11th Street to a cartman
James Boorman finishes 156 West 11th Street in 1845 as the smaller twin of number 154, with a front only sixteen feet wide. Its doorway is too narrow for sidelights, though it has a transom, and the ironwork at the areaway appears to be original. Boorman sells the house the same year to Angus McDearmid, a cartman, who is taxed for it in 1846.
“The property was sold in 1845 by James Boorman to Angus McDearmid, cartman, who was taxed for it the following year.”
- 1875
A witness against a forgery ring vanishes after leaving 156 West 11th Street
George W. James, a coal dealer boarding here, walks out of the house around 8 p.m. on September 17, 1875 and is never seen again. He had been cheated by Charles Sacia's forged-deed scheme and was to be chief witness against Sacia and his associates, and he told a judge that gang members had threatened to murder him. His wife Lizzie places a missing-person notice ten days later, and the Times reports the justice suspects the threats were carried out.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1899
A boarder walks into the police station and declares herself Queen of Prussia
Evelyn Hart, a 35-year-old woman who took rooms at 156 West 11th Street in April 1899 and worked downtown as a stenographer or clerk, behaves oddly for several days. On the night of June 11 she strides into the West 20th Street police station and tells Sergeant Churchill to call out the royal guard against her enemies. He humors her and leads her to the captain's office, where she recovers her composure and gives her real name; she is then sent to the insane pavilion at Bellevue Hospital.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1918
Resident Edward Coxe earns the Distinguished Service Cross in France and dies of his wounds
Edward Grant Coxe lives at 156 West 11th Street with his parents when he enlists in 1915, and serves on the Mexican border and then in France. The French cite him for capturing four German soldiers on patrol. On July 28, 1918 he keeps treating the wounded under machine-gun and artillery fire after being badly hurt himself, and he later dies of his wounds. His parents receive his Distinguished Service Cross, and his name is on the Washington Square Memorial Flagstaff, dedicated in 1920.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
Further reading
- The 1845 Angus McDearmid House at 156 West 11th StreetDaytonian in Manhattan
- Then & Now photos: 156 West 11th StreetVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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