192 Grand Street House

192 Grand Street | Little Italy | built 1833

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1. 1833

   Stephen Van Rensselaer builds the Federal house at 192 Grand Street

   Stephen Van Rensselaer bought the lots under Nos. 190 and 192 Grand Street in 1826, plus eighteen others on the block, and developed brick rowhouses on them in the 1830s. No. 192 was built between 1832 and 1834. The Van Rensselaers sold it in May 1851 to Gouverneur M. Wilkins, whose descendants apparently kept it until 1941.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

2. 1835

   General's widow Gloriana Muir lives at 192 Grand Street

   The earliest known occupant of 192 Grand Street was James Clarkson in 1834. In 1835 Gloriana Muir, widow of army general Alexander M. Muir, was in residence and stayed until 1841. By 1843 Smith Barker, a lawyer with an office on Beekman Street, was renting the house.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

3. 1890

   Edward Feigel's bakery fills the ground floor at 192 Grand Street

   By 1890 the storefront at 192 Grand Street held Edward Feigel's bakery, and he lived upstairs with boarders bearing Irish, German and Italian surnames. The Feigels were still there in 1900, sharing the house with an extended Russian immigrant family. By 1910 the upper floors held two large Italian families.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

4. 1964

   Sabato Florio opens Florio's Restaurant at 192 Grand Street

   Irving Maltman bought the house in 1941 and ran a glass store here until the early 1960s. In 1964-65 Sabato Florio opened Florio's Restaurant on the ground floor. It was still operating there when the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the house in 2010.

   Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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