Daniel Lake House

68 Prince Street | SoHo | built 1827

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

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1837

    October 4

    Bone setter Dr. Jonas Hewett advertises his practice from 68 Prince Street

    Dr. Jonas G. Hewett moved into the house in 1837, after the grocer Henry Dominick's family left. On October 4 he placed an announcement in the New York Morning Herald saying his bone-setting practice had grown so busy that he now received patients in his rooms at 68 Prince Street. He listed dislocations, fractures, sprains and spinal curvature among his treatments, and later took on an associate.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  2. 1894

    February 12

    A snowball hits a streetcar passenger at 68 Prince Street, and a bookkeeper is arrested for beating the boy

    On February 12, 1894, 13-year-old George Jamm, who lived above the saloon, went out to shovel snow as a horse-drawn streetcar passed. A snowball hit bookkeeper Julius Downs, riding on the platform. Downs jumped off, accused the boy, who denied it, knocked him down and struck him with the shovel. Jamm had Downs arrested for assault.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  3. 1921

    May 8

    A new tenant advertises 27 supposed old-master paintings from a Roman princely family

    On May 8, 1921, a room renter at 68 Prince Street placed an advertisement in the New York Times addressed to collectors and dealers. Identifying himself as a gentleman just arrived from Italy, O. Catalucci claimed to have 27 rare oil paintings by great artists, dating to the 13th through 16th centuries, which he said came out of a princely Roman family's galleries and could be seen by appointment only.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  4. 1945

    December 21

    A G.I. son of Charlie's Tavern's owner, stationed in Paris, drives 100 miles to find a Christmas tree

    Charles Danzo leased the ground floor in 1933 and opened Charlie's Tavern, with his wife Amelia and ten children living upstairs. After World War II, John Danzo was still stationed in Paris, where the Sun reported on December 21, 1945 that he had driven 100 miles to find a Christmas tree. He was organizing a holiday party for children and had gathered eighty pounds of candy.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  5. 1968

    February 1

    Charlie's Tavern loses its liquor license for a time after undercover officers testify to illegal horse-race betting

    In 1967 undercover police visited Charlie's Tavern three times. Officer James Restivo testified at a hearing held February 1, 1968 that on September 26 he and John Danzo looked over the racing section of a newspaper, after which he handed over betting slips and cash. Other officers gave similar accounts, and the bar's liquor license was suspended for a time over illegal gambling.

    Source: Daytonian in Manhattan

  6. 2015

    March

    Hampton Chutney, a dosa cafe here for 15 years, is told its lease will not be renewed

    In March 2015 owner Isabel MacGurn said the landlord of 68 Prince Street was not renewing Hampton Chutney's lease after about 15 years, saying rents in SoHo were soaring. She recalled that the block had been completely dead when the shop arrived, and that businesses like hers helped change that. The cafe planned to reopen at 143 Grand Street.

    Source: dnainfo.com

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