Nathaniel T. Weeks House

26 East 2nd Street | East Village | built 1836

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

1836
Ephraim Wentworth completes a Greek Revival row that includes this house
Builder Ephraim H. Wentworth finished a long row of upscale Greek Revival houses on the north side of Second Street around 1836, using red Flemish-bond brick with brownstone trim. By 1837 the family of Nathaniel Tyree Weeks, a butcher and Bowery ale-house owner, was listed at No. 26.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1862
January
Henry A. Weeks, son of the house's first family, commands the Twelfth Regiment
Henry Astor Weeks, son of Nathaniel Weeks and a Fulton Street druggist, resigned as lieutenant colonel of the Twelfth Regiment in September 1860. After the attack on Fort Sumter he came back as its commander. In January 1862 he published an order telling members to report for duty or be treated as deserters.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1972
The house is divided into two duplexes
The house remained largely unchanged through the 20th century, even after it became a rooming house. In 1972 it was divided into two duplexes, and a renovation finished in 2010 produced five apartments.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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