David Mulford House
83 Sullivan Street | SoHo | built 1825
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- 1825
A stable fire destroys David Mulford's wooden house, and the carpenter rebuilds it in brick
A fire that began in a stable at Spring and Broome Streets around 5 a.m. on December 15, 1825 destroyed more than 30 buildings, among them the wooden house carpenter David Mulford had finished here in 1819. Mulford sold the other half of the lot, now 85 Sullivan Street, to fellow carpenter Drake Crane, and the two erected a pair of near mirror-image brick Federal houses. Mulford's came out slightly wider because it includes a horse walk, a passage to the back lots.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1880
Landlord Edward Elliott pays $800 to raise the Mulford house to a full third floor
Edward Elliott owned 85 Sullivan Street by 1874, when he raised its attic to a full story, and by 1880 he owned the Mulford house next door too. That year he hired builder Richard Wall to add height to this one as well, for $800, which created more rooms to rent. The addition is still visible in the brickwork, where the color changes and the bond shifts from Flemish to running bond.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1899
Dr. John Aquaro, a resident of the house, helps found the Italian Medical Society of New York
John Aquaro, an immigrant who lived at 83 Sullivan Street for years, graduated in 1889 from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University. In 1899 he helped found the society formally named Italian Medical Society of the City of New York. By 1916, while still living here, he served as a physician for the city's Corrections Department. The block had by then become part of New York's Little Italy.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
Further reading
- The 1825 David Mulford House -- 83 Sullivan StreetDaytonian in Manhattan
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