David Baldwin House
31 Charlton Street | Hudson Square | built 1826
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- 1826
Mason David Baldwin builds a family home on a lot leased from Trinity Church
Baldwin, a mason by trade, built the two-and-a-half-story house in 1826 on a lot leased from Trinity Church. Its Flemish-bond brick front stood over a brownstone basement, with two dormers in the attic. The entrance was humbler than the columned doorways of some richer houses nearby, trimmed only with simple rope carving, though the large leaded transom cost extra. The Baldwins stayed until about 1840 and took in one boarder at a time.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1850
A burglar breaking into the cellar stabs resident William J. Ryckman and is soon arrested
Around midnight on March 6, 1850, William J. Ryckman, then living in the house, woke to a noise and found a man in his cellar who had broken in to reach the rooms above. The intruder, who gave his name as Dan Tucker, stabbed him with a dirk. Ryckman's cries brought Officer Sturges, who arrested the man at once, though the Morning Courier reported that two accomplices got away. Twelve days later a newspaper auction notice listed the house and the lease of its lot.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1856
Lodger John Langdon, 21, robs his employer and then shoots a stranger for his wallet
John Langdon, who lodged in the house by 1856, worked in a Sixth Avenue shoemaking shop. On December 27 he pocketed his employer's pocketbook, with $26 in it, then bought a $6 pistol in Brooklyn. The next morning, around 11:30, he shot a gardener, Cornelius Cannon, dead outside a church on Third Avenue and took his wallet. Quickly arrested, he told a reporter that he had never seen the man and wanted money, and that he had bought the pistol for exactly that purpose.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1874
Nicholas Connor, owner and builder, files plans for a full-height top floor in place of the attic
On July 4, 1874, the Real Estate Record & Guide reported that Nicholas Connor, whom it listed as owner, architect and builder, had submitted plans to add a full story in place of the attic, at a cost of $700. The new upper floor was faced in running-bond brick that closely matched the original color. Connor also fitted pressed-metal cornices over the brownstone lintels and lengthened the parlor-floor windows, but skipped the heavy bracketed cornice then in fashion in favor of a plain dentiled fascia.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1960
Builder and civic reformer I. D. Robbins, a Village resident, announces a run for Congress
By the 1950s the house, never converted to apartments, was the home of I. D. Robbins, a builder and civic reformer, and his wife, Carolyn Marx. The Villager reported on March 10, 1960 that Robbins, a Village resident for 27 years, had entered the race for Congress; his bid failed. Born in Pittsburgh in 1910, he had come to New York in 1933 and built major housing projects with his cousin Lester Robbins. While he lived here he served as president of the City Club and also pursued the nomination for mayor.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
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