Elisabeth Irwin High School
40 Charlton Street | also 34 Charlton Street, 42 Charlton Street | Hudson Square | built 1900
Open on the map4 entries
The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.
- 1855
Trinity Church assistant minister Morgan Dix rents the house next door at 42 Charlton Street
The 1851 house at 42 Charlton Street, now connected to the school, had Morgan Dix as a tenant from about 1855 to 1863. Dix was born in 1827, the son of General John A. Dix, who later served as Treasury Secretary and Governor of New York. He was assistant minister of Trinity Church while living there.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1889
Civil Justice Michael H. Norton dies at his home at 42 Charlton Street
Norton had gone from boxing to politics, serving as alderman and state senator, and was a close friend of William M. Tweed. He lived at 42 Charlton Street from 1870 and became a District Court justice in 1885. The Evening World said he stayed poor because of his generosity; the mourners at his funeral included Mayor Hugh J. Grant and Tammany figure Richard Croker.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1941
Little Red School House buys a former Episcopal church and settlement house for its high school
The progressive school Elisabeth Irwin began in 1921 added a high school in 1941, when it bought the former Episcopal church and settlement house at 40 Charlton Street. The high school is now named Elisabeth Irwin High School.
Source: NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project
- 2008
The school announces it will buy 42 Charlton Street and join it to the high school
The school, formally named Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School, said in June 2008 that it was purchasing the townhouse next door at 42 Charlton Street. Plans called for renovating the house and connecting it to the existing school building.
Source: Wikipedia
Further reading
- The Michael H. Norton House - 42 Charlton StreetDaytonian in Manhattan
Nearby
- Paul Taylor House27 Vandam Street | 4 entries
- 30 Charlton Street5 entries
- Henry Elsworth House29 Vandam Street | 6 entries
- 25 Vandam Street1 entry
- Horace Whitehorn House23 Vandam Street | 4 entries
- Israel Clark House21 Vandam Street | 4 entries