Leontyne Price House
9 Vandam Street | Hudson Square | built 1830
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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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- 1830
Carpenter John Vannostrand builds a Federal rowhouse at 9 Vandam Street
The city's landmark building record dates the house to 1829-30 and names John Vannostrand, a carpenter, as its builder. It is a Federal style brick rowhouse that was originally a residence and now stands within the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District.
Source: data.cityofnewyork.us
- 1961
Soprano Leontyne Price buys the house, years before fair housing law
Leontyne Price, the Metropolitan Opera soprano, bought 9 Vandam Street in 1961, seven years before the Fair Housing Act, when Black buyers often faced barriers. A 1962 Musical America article described a white brick house 25 feet wide and 40 feet deep, with a garden stretching 60 feet behind it. She sold it in 2013 and moved to Maryland to be near family.
Source: Village Preservation
- 1966
The district report praises 9 Vandam Street and its old carriage passage
When the Commission designated the Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District, its report named No. 9 among the Vandam Street houses that stayed close to their Federal form, lacking only its original front door. It noted that the street-level door with an elliptical window above had been the passage to a rear house or stable.
Source: media.villagepreservation.org
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