John A. Duff House
33 West 10th Street | Greenwich Village | built 1832
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1832
William Ewing builds a Federal house on what was then Amos Street
William Ewing built a two-and-a-half-story house of Flemish-bond red brick at 33 Amos Street in 1832; the street was renamed West 10th Street in 1857. In the 1850s, jeweler Moses L. Lion most likely gave the outdated Federal house its Greek Revival updates. The attic became a full floor, the parlor windows were lengthened, and a side passage to the rear yard was closed in as an extension of the house.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1869
Playwright Augustin Daly marries into the Duff theatrical family
Theater manager John A. Duff, who bought the West 10th Street house around 1867, saw his daughter Mary marry playwright and critic Augustin Daly on January 7, 1869. Duff and Daly became partners in Daly's Theatre and for a while the Grand Opera House, with Daly managing the stage and Duff the office. Another Duff daughter had married a scenic artist from the Olympic Theatre the year before.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1884
James C. Duff opens the New Standard Theatre as a home for comic opera
James C. Duff, who made his mark in American theater by bringing H.M.S. Pinafore back from England, leased the old Standard Theatre in 1884 and renamed it the New Standard Theatre. He told reporters he meant it to be a home for comic opera, and its opening night, on December 23, was Franz von Suppe's Trip to Africa. Duff had lived in the West 10th Street house since childhood and died there in 1928.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
Further reading
- Theater History - The John A. Duff House - 33 West 10th StreetDaytonian in Manhattan
- Then & Now photos: 33 West 10th StreetVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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