Edward Mooney House

The Edward Mooney House is a building at 18 Bowery, at the corner of Pell Street,[3] in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was built between 1785 and 1789 for wealthy butcher Edward Mooney on land he purchased after it was confiscated from British Loyalist James De Lancey.[1]

Edward Mooney House
NYC Landmark No. 0084
(2013)
Location18 Bowery
Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates40°42′52″N 73°59′53″W
Builtbetween 1785 and 1789[1]
Architectural styleGeorgian, Early Federal
NRHP reference No.76001245[2]
NYCL No.0084
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 1976
Designated NYCLAugust 23, 1966

The brick house was built in a mixture of Georgian and Federal styles, and is New York City's earliest remaining Early Federal style townhouse.[1] It has three stories plus an attic and full basement. The home was located close to the slaughterhouses, holding pens and tanneries where Mooney made his living; he occupied the house until his death c.1800.[1]

In 1807, the size of the house was doubled by an addition to the rear. The house would be used as a private residence until the 1820s after which it has served at various times as a hotel, brothel[4] and saloon.

The house was designated a New York City landmark in 1966 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

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Notes

  1. "Edward Mooney House" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. August 23, 1966. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. "Edward Mooney House". New York Architecture website. 2010-08-20.
  4. New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1.
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