Manhattan · NYC landmark
Samuel Tredwell Skidmore House
37 East 4th Street · Manhattan, New York City
See a surviving merchant’s house and learn how a repair case helped preserve its street front.
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NYFE Summary
A wholesale drug merchant lived here with his wife Angelina and their eight children for nearly forty years. Their neighbor Seabury Tredwell, whose home is now the Merchant’s House Museum, was a relative. The two houses survived as the surrounding area became commercial.
A later roof collapse led to a landmark enforcement case. In 2004 a court ordered the owner to repair and restore the exterior and keep it in good condition. From the street, look for the columned doorway, tall stoop and low attic windows.
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