James M. Vandenbergh House

68 Bedford Street | West Village | built 1821

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The lot about 1940
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The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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  1. 1821

    Mason James M. Vandenbergh builds No. 68 for himself and lives here until after his marriage

    James Mandeville Vandenbergh Jr., born in 1798 and listed as a mason in 1819, partnered with Isaac Freeman at an office on North Moore Street. After buying lots from the merchant Isaac Jaques, the two built identical houses, finished in 1821, and Vandenbergh owned and lived in No. 68. A bachelor, he stayed on for a few years after marrying Eliza Ann Ackerman in 1830, and he went on to become a prominent builder in Greenwich Village.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  2. 1874

    September 19

    Deputy sheriff and saloon owner Ignatius Flynn dies at 43, and his funeral is held in the house

    By 1870 Ignatius Flynn and his wife Annie occupied the house. Flynn was a deputy sheriff at the County Courthouse, owned a saloon at 51 Carmine Street and was president of the Ancient Boon Companions. He died on September 19, 1874. Three days later the funeral took place at the house, and a requiem mass followed at St. Joseph's Church. Annie took over the saloon and took in a boarder who was a clerk of the Board of Excise.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1884

    March 21

    A fire at the boarding house damages the furniture and the building

    Mary Cook, widow of Sidney Cook, had been running No. 68 as a boarding house since at least 1882. A fire on the night of March 21, 1884 did about $500 in damage to her furniture and another $300 to the building, according to a short New York Times item the next day.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 2008

    Owner Anthony Tarsitano, an advertising executive turned filmmaker, writes and directs Calling It Quits

    By about 2000 Anthony Tarsitano and his wife Deborah owned the house. He ran a successful advertising agency before making a sharp career change in his 50s to filmmaking. He wrote and directed Calling It Quits in 2008, then Ice in 2013 and Lost Cat Corona in 2017.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  5. 2021

    December

    Stacey Cunningham, the first woman to be appointed NYSE president, buys the house after stepping down

    Stacey Cunningham became the first woman appointed to lead the New York Stock Exchange as its president. She stepped down in December 2021, and shortly afterward bought 68 Bedford Street from Tarsitano. Outwardly the house has changed little since it was updated in the second half of the 19th century.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

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