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The Daniel LeRoy House is located at 20 St. Marks Place in the East Village neighborhood of
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. The
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building was built in 1832 as part of a development by Thomas E. Davis of 3½-story brick houses which spanned both sides of the street. The Daniel LeRoy house is one of the three surviving houses of this development, the other two being 25 St. Marks Place and the
Hamilton-Holly House The Hamilton-Holly House, located at 4 St. Mark's Place (Manhattan), St. Mark's Place in the East Village, Manhattan, East Village section of Manhattan, is a Federal style townhouse constructed in 1831. A designated landmark, it was the home of E ...
at 4 St. Marks Place. It has a marble entrance ornamented with vermiculated blocks. LeRoy was an in-law of
Peter Stuyvesant Peter Stuyvesant (; in Dutch also ''Pieter'' and ''Petrus'' Stuyvesant, ; 1610 – August 1672)Mooney, James E. "Stuyvesant, Peter" in p.1256 was a Dutch colonial officer who served as the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Net ...
, and a South Street merchant, who lived in the house with his wife Elizabeth Fish, of the eminent
Fish family The Fish family is a prominent American family, members of which became influential in politics, diplomacy, and business. The family is of English origin and is descended from Jonathan Fish (1615–1663), who was born in East Farndon, Northamptons ...
. The building was designated a landmark by the
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in 1969, and was added to the
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on October 29, 1982. In Spring 1998, restorations were made on the house, including repainting, repointing brickwork and replacing cornices."Daniel LeRoy House"
on the Preserv Inc. website


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan below 14th Street This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places on Manhattan Island below 14th Street, which is a significant portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan. In turn, the bo ...
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List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan below 14th Street The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), formed in 1965, is the New York City governmental commission that administers the city's Landmarks Preservation Law. Since its founding, it has designated over a thousand landmarks, cla ...


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;Notes Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan Federal architecture in New York (state) Houses completed in 1832 New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan {{Manhattan-struct-stub