 Merchant's House Museum - Reviews from across the web
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Merchant's House Museum - expert review
Built in 1832, this redbrick house, combining federal and Greek Revival styles, provides a glimpse into the family life of that era. Retired merchant Seabury Tredwell and his descendants lived here from 1835 until it became a museum in 1933. The original furnishings and architectural features remain...
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Merchant's House Museum
Complete with the family's original furnishings and personal possessions, the house offers an rare and intimate glimpse of domestic life during the pivotal era of the 19th century when New York City was transformed from a colonial seaport into a thriving metropolis and...
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Merchant's House Museum - The House, Its History & Collections
Unfortunately, they left no diaries or letters, but we know what they did. From dawn to dark, 12 to 15 hours each day, they lit and maintained the fires, cooked and served the meals, washed the dishes and scoured the pans, polished the silver and brass, cleaned the lamps, washed and ironed the cloth...
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Merchant's House Museum | NYCkidsARTS - New York City's cultural guide for kids
What was it like to be a middle-class New Yorker more than 150 years ago? The Merchant's House Museum is an intact 19th-century family row house. Its fine late-Federal exterior, tucked in amid the lofts, tenements and popular shops of its neighborhood, is a striking reminder of what whole city block...
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Merchant's House Museum - Manhattan/Greenwich Village - New York, NY
I don't mean that it wasn't cool. the person running the program was cool. we really went out of our way to go, but it really is better if you happen to be in the neighborhood stopping by. it just seemed a little TOO neat and period if you know what i mean. a little contrived and original......
yelp.com
Merchant's House Museum - New York, NY, 10003-7003 - Citysearch
Went to the candlelight haunted tour on Friday night. It was a dark and stormy night, perfect for touring a truly haunted house. A bit dissapointed that we were led by flashlights and not actual candellabras (I'm guessing because of fire codes), but there were candles in the actual recreated sp...
newyork.citysearch.com
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