John C. Frémont House
56 West 9th Street | Greenwich Village | built 1853
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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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- 1853
Reuben Wood completes a row of three Anglo-Italianate houses
Developer Reuben R. Wood finished a row of three brownstone-faced houses on Ninth Street in 1853, each two bays wide and four stories tall. He moved his family into the westernmost, No. 58, and sold No. 56 to the tobacco merchant Christian H. Lilienthal. Lilienthal apparently never lived there, and furniture dealer John S. Hicks was the occupant until 1856. The upper floors had paired arched windows under segmental arches, and cast-iron railings matched the second-floor balconies.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1856
John C. Frémont runs his presidential campaign from the house
In 1856 John C. Frémont, the first presidential candidate of the new Republican Party, rented the house with his wife Jessie Benton Frémont and their five children as his campaign began. Jessie managed the campaign, and a friend wrote that visitors streamed in from 6 a.m. until late at night. After Frémont lost to James Buchanan, an auction of the family's household goods on June 26, 1857 brought $4,000, though the Tribune reported that the auctioneers had substituted furniture that was not theirs.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1869
Henry J. Raymond, New York Times founder and former resident, dies at 49
Henry Jarvis Raymond, founder of The New York Times and a former New York lieutenant governor, lived here with his wife Juliette and their eight children after architect James Renwick Jr. rented the house in 1858 and 1859. He died of a heart attack on June 18, 1869. The New York Dispatch called his sudden death a painful shock felt by an entire community.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
Further reading
- The John C. Fremont House - 56 West 9th StreetDaytonian in Manhattan
- Then & Now photos: 56 West 9th StreetVillage Preservation: Greenwich Village Then & Now
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