J. Clawson Mills House

30 West 9th Street | also 32 West 9th Street | Greenwich Village | built 1900

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  1. 1865

    April 14

    Robert Anderson, living here, is asked to raise the Fort Sumter flag again

    Major Robert Anderson, who commanded Fort Sumter when the Civil War began in 1861, moved into No. 32 West 9th Street around 1857. In April 1865, while he was at home here, a telegram from Secretary of War Edwin Stanton asked that he raise the old garrison flag over Fort Sumter at a ceremony marking four years since his departure. The ceremony took place on the afternoon of April 14, only hours before President Lincoln was assassinated.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  2. 1917

    Decorator J. Clawson Mills remakes the house in a fairy-tale style

    Interior decorator J. Clawson Mills bought No. 32 West 9th Street in 1917 and had architect Hugo E. Magruson redo the out-of-date house. The result left little trace of the Greek Revival original, with square-headed neo-Gothic moldings above Tudor-style openings and a second-floor window spanning nearly the full width of the front. Mills filled the house with paintings attributed to Rembrandt and Rubens and died there in 1940, leaving money to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which still awards the J. Clawson Mills Fellowship.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1942

    Roosevelt protege Joseph P. Lash moves in as the Dies Committee questions him

    A renovation finished in February 1942 joined No. 30 and No. 32 West 9th Street into apartments, and among the first tenants was 32-year-old Joseph P. Lash. A protege of Eleanor Roosevelt, he advised the Young Division of the Office of Civilian Defense and had been called before the Dies Committee on Un-American Activities several times. Lash claimed an over-age exemption, but the Times reported in April 1942 that he was ordered to report for Army induction on April 13.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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