Michael Eagan House
19 Vandam Street | Hudson Square | built 1828
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- 1828
Baker Edgar Harriot completes 19 Vandam Street with a bakery and stable behind it
Edgar Harriot, listed as a mason and baker, finished this brick house on land leased from Trinity Church. Its ground floor was only 20 feet 6 inches wide but extended over a 7-foot-6-inch alley, making the upper floors 28 feet wide. Harriot ran a bakery and stable in rear buildings, and for decades the house was tied to bakers, including Paulin and Luckett in 1844 and William Thompson, who sold pies, from 1858 to 1874.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1876
Michael Eagan, a court attendant turned school inspector, moves in
Irish-born Michael Eagan came to 19 Vandam at 39 as an attendant of the Third District Court, earning $1,200 a year. He bought real estate, including 10 Vandam Street in 1883, managed stables on MacDougal Street, and became a partner in an undertaking firm on Spring Street. He was later appointed an Inspector of Common Schools and died in the house in February 1897; his funeral was held in the parlor.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1919
William Sloane Coffin buys 19 Vandam Street as Trinity Church liquidates its real estate
Trinity Church began selling much of its real estate in 1919, and on August 9 the Real Estate Record and Guide reported that William Sloane Coffin had bought 15 properties in the neighborhood, including 19 Vandam Street. The house was then home to the Caffrey family, whose son William Caffrey, a former state senator and assistant district attorney, was nominated that month for a municipal court justiceship. Coffin most likely shaved the Federal details off the lintels before selling the house in 1921.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
Further reading
- The 1828 Michael Eagan House - 19 Vandam StreetDaytonian in Manhattan
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