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Edward Mooney House

Coordinates:40°42′52″N73°59′53″W/ 40.71444°N 73.99806°W/40.71444; -73.99806
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Edward Mooney House
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Location18Bowery
Manhattan,New York City
Coordinates40°42′52″N73°59′53″W/ 40.71444°N 73.99806°W/40.71444; -73.99806
Builtbetween 1785 and 1789[2]
Architectural styleGeorgian,Early Federal
NRHP referenceNo.76001245[1]
NYCLNo.0084
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 1976
Designated NYCLAugust 23, 1966

TheEdward Mooney Houseis a building at 18Bowery,at the corner ofPell Street,[3]in theChinatownneighborhood ofManhattan,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 LoyalistJames De Lancey.[2]

The brick house was built in a mixture ofGeorgianandFederalstyles, and is New York City's earliest remaining Early Federal style townhouse.[2]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.[2]

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 aNew York City landmarkin 1966 and was added to theNational Register of Historic Placesin 1976.

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  1. ^"National Register Information System".National Register of Historic Places.National Park Service.March 13, 2009.
  2. ^abcd"Edward Mooney House"(PDF).New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.August 23, 1966.RetrievedSeptember 18,2020.
  3. ^"Edward Mooney House".New York Architecture website. August 20, 2010.
  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.ISBN978-0-470-28963-1.
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