18 West 11th Street

Greenwich Village | built 1899

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

1. 1845

   Henry Brevoort Jr. builds a row of Greek Revival houses on the block

   One of New York's richest men, Brevoort put up a row of townhouses including the original No. 18, which he gave to one of his daughters. The house had marble mantels and a paneled library, typical of the row's Greek Revival detailing.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

2. 1926

   Poet James Merrill is born in his family's townhouse

   Charles Merrill, co-founder of the brokerage Merrill Lynch, owned the house in the 1920s. His son James Merrill, who went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, was born there in 1926, decades before the house was destroyed.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

3. 1930

   Lyricist Howard Dietz moves in for three decades of parties

   The Broadway lyricist and movie executive took the house in 1930 and lived there with a series of three wives for more than three decades. His lavish parties reportedly required parking a moving van outside to hold the parlor furniture and clear space for dancing.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

4. 1970

   March 6

   The Weather Underground townhouse explosion

   Members of the Weather Underground were building bombs in the basement when one went off, destroying the house and killing three of them. Two others escaped from the rubble.

   Source: Wikipedia

5. 1978

   An angled house fills the gap

   The replacement house, designed by Hugh Hardy, turns its front bay at an angle to the rest of the row, a visible mark of what happened here. The city's footprint data still lists the lot's construction year as 1899.

   Source: Wikipedia

Further reading

• The Terrorists at 18 West 11th StreetDaytonian in Manhattan

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