47 MacDougal Street
SoHo | built 1847
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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.
- 1846
A trio of Greek Revival houses goes up at 45-49 MacDougal Street
Around 1846 three Greek Revival houses were built at 45 to 49 MacDougal Street, including today's 47. Each stood three stories tall in red brick over a brownstone-faced basement. Stone pilasters framed each doorway and supported a heavy entablature and a cornice with dentils.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1856
Produce merchant Aaron Haviland dies at 47 MacDougal Street despite a neighbor doctor's help
Aaron Haviland, a produce merchant living at 47 MacDougal Street, died on the night of March 29, 1856, after cutting his own throat. His family found him and ran next door to Dr. Lucien B. Wright of number 45. The New-York Tribune reported that the doctor's efforts were of no avail and that Haviland died soon after he arrived.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
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