67 Payson Avenue
Inwood | built 1945
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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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- 1927
Bess Houdini buys 67 Payson Avenue after her husband's death
A few months after Harry Houdini died in October 1926, his widow Bess bought this house on Payson Avenue; the New York Sun reported the purchase on February 19, 1927, and the 1930 census lists her living here. Every Sunday, at the hour of Harry's death, she would lock herself in a room with his photograph and wait for a sign from him.
Source: myinwood.net
- 1930
The 1930 census records Bess Houdini living at 67 Payson Avenue
The 1930 federal census lists Harry Houdini's widow, Bess, at the address. During her years in the house she locks herself in a room every Sunday at 1:26 p.m., the hour of his death, with his photograph and waits for a sign. She also operates a tearoom in the neighborhood.
Source: myinwood.net
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