Louis Philip Siebert House

25 Washington Square North | Greenwich Village | built 1900

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1. 1839

   Samuel Howland and George Dorr complete 25 Washington Square North

   Samuel Shaw Howland bought the leasehold on a vacant lot on Washington Square North in 1837, on land owned by Sailors' Snug Harbor, and he and his son-in-law George B. Dorr developed the house completed in 1839. The Greek Revival building has red brick above a brownstone basement and a Doric portico over the entrance. The Dorrs did not move in. They lived next door at No. 26, while Howland and Dorr leased out No. 25.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

2. 1882

   Colonel Louis Siebert retires and his family leaves 25 Washington Square North

   Wool merchant Louis Philip Siebert, born in Worms-on-the-Rhine, came to the United States in 1855, served in the New York Cavalry, and was made a colonel in April 1865. After the war he and his wife, Eliza Oothout, made the house their home. He retired in 1882 at age 51, and after a European tour the family moved to Washington, D.C.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

3. 1899

   April 5

   Clement March buys the leasehold on 25 Washington Square North

   On April 5, 1899, Clement March, who had been living in the house since 1897, bought the leasehold from J. Herbert Johnson, with annual land rent of $1,500. A grandson of Charles March, he was trained as an attorney but lived on an inherited fortune. He was one of the managers of the House of Refuge on Randalls Island and was appointed to the Board of Education by Mayor George B. McClellan Jr. in November 1905.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

4. 1934

   June 3

   Musicians form the American Musicological Association in a Washington Square apartment

   On June 3, 1934, nine musicians and scholars, including Charles Seeger, Carl Engel, and Oliver Strunk, met in Blanche Wetherill Walton's apartment here and formed the American Musicological Association. Walton, a widow, held musicales devoted to the music of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Three months later the group changed its name to the American Musicological Society.

   Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

Further reading

• The Louis Philip Siebert House - 25 Washington Square North Daytonian in Manhattan
• Then & Now photos: 25 Washington Square NorthVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now

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