The Daniel LeRoy House is located at 20
St. Marks Place in the
East Village neighborhood of
Manhattan
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in
New York City
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. The
Greek Revival
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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
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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
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.
The building was designated a landmark by the
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
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in 1969, and was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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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
See also
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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
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